Do you love Chocolate? If yes, then this vegan Chocolate Lovers Cake with Banana Ice Cream and Chocolate Hard Shell is perfect for you! It is... to die for.
Everyone deserves an awesome chocolate explosion every once in a while. Should you feel sad, this will make it better. Should you feel awesome already, you'll feel even more awesome afterwards! This decadent Chocolate Lovers Cake with Banana Ice Cream and Chocolate Hard Shell looks not only decadent, it's heaven - actually chocolate heaven. The chocolate cake is fluffy and soft - like it should be, the banana ice cream - the perfect addition to the cake and chocolate hard shell - well it's really hard to describe how heavenly this cake is! You have to try it yourself.
I've used my smallest springform pan for this cake - it's 5.5 inches, 14cm. This recipe is perfect for 3-4 people, but my boyfriend and I were able to finish the cake alone - with no problems at all! It's so fluffy and deliciously chocolate-y.
What I love about the chocolate cake is that it's a one-bowl-cake. Simply whisk all the dry ingredients in a mixing bowl and add in the wet ingredients and whisk again! Simple as that. I don't have a dishwasher, so I try not to make a huge mess in my kitchen.
For the Chocolate Hard Shell I've used Vivani's 70% vegan couverture and I loved it! I've melted it in a double boiler and slowly drizzled it over the ice cream. It took only a few seconds to harden and created a nice hard shell.
Chocolate Lovers Cake with Banana Ice Cream and Chocolate Hard Shell
Equipment
Ingredients
Ingredients for the Chocolate Cake
- ¾ cup all-purpose flour
- ¼ cup dextrose*
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- 1 ½ tablespoons cocoa powder
- 1 pinch salt
- 1 tablespoon melted coconut oil
- ½ cup almond milk (I used sweetened)
- ½ teaspoon coconut vinegar
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
Ingredients for the Ice Cream & Chocolate Hard Shell
- 2 bananas , frozen & in chunks
- ½ cup vegan couverture (I used Vivani's 70% couverture)
Instructions
- Pre-heat oven to 360°F/180°C.
- In a mixing bowl, combine all the dry ingredients for the Chocolate Cake, whisk, then add all the wet ingredients and whisk again until it's a smooth batter.
- Fill the batter in the baking form and put it in the oven for about 15 minutes. (Use the Toothpick Method to make sure the dough is done in the middle.)
- Let the cake cool off completely.
- In a double boiler heat the couverture slowly, meanwhile prep your ice cream.
- For the ice cream simply put the frozen banana chunks in your food processor or high-speed blender and blend or chop until it's a perfectly smooth ice cream - don't give up! It may take a while, but it will get there.
- Place the ice cream on the cake & top it off with the melted chocolate. You'll have a hard Chocolate Hard Shell in a couple of seconds!
- Enjoy your delicious chocolate treat!
Notes
*I've used Dextrose in this recipe which is a fructose-free sugar, but you can sub it with your preferred granulated sweetener.
Nutrition
Should you decide to give it a try I'd love to hear how it went! Write me a comment or post a picture on instagram and tag me via @elephantasticvegan to make sure I'll see it ^.^
Natalie @ Feasting on Fruit says
It's like a chocolate cake sundae! Just from looking at the outside of this beautiful creation, the texture looks amazingly fluffy! Yes, I think 2 people and 2 spoons would be the perfect way to enjoy this :)
bianca says
Yes!! I haven't thought of that :D great description, Natalie! I did some shots of the amazingly fluffy inside of the cake, but they all got blurry because I was on such a chocolate rush.
Anu-My Ginger Garlic Kitchen says
OH YUM! This is an absolute delight for chocolate lovers! Beautifully crafted and gorgeously presented! Loved the fact that it makes one serving! :D
bianca says
hahaa :D I didn't notice!! I changed to a new recipe plugin and it said "yields" in the backend and now it says "serves" in the frontend! Oh no! :D Hahaha. I've changed it to 2-4 servings! That's more like it. But honestly...if my boyfriend wouldn't have been there... I would have eaten the whole thing by myself!
Linda @ Veganosity says
Chocolate heaven indeed! Love this Bianca, especially because it's a one bowl recipe. :)
bianca says
Yes! I love it when it don't leave a huge mess in the kitchen only because I wanted chocolate cake :)
June Burns says
Wow that sounds like my kind of cake! So rich and chocolaty, mmm :)
bianca says
Do it, June... do it.. :)
Alice | Aliciouslog says
Did you know that "chocolate" is actually my middle name? Well, at least it should be. "Serves 2-4" seems greatly exaggerated though. "Serves 1" or - if that one person is generous and VERY nice - "Leaves a few spoonfuls for a second person" would be more apt. What do you think?
bianca says
Chocolate would be an awesome name! I want that to be my first name - no, wait - better not. That would be a very weird name and everybody would be thinking I was a stripper or something else. LOL.
I only wrote the 2-4 serving to not seem like the biggest "Vielfraß" (glutton?)! Haha, although I am. I'm eating constantly and thinking about food non-stop. It's the best! Every few days my boyfriend is asking me to make that cake again! It's crazy! He loves that chocolate-banana-chocolate combination (and me too!)