Eggless Banana Chocochip Cake

Ingredients

Banana Robusta (ripe) - 2 nos:
Maida / All-Purpose Flour - 2 cups
Vegetable Oil - 3/4 cup
Sugar - 3/4 cup
Baking Powder - 1/2 tsp
Baking Soda - 1/4 tsp
Salt - a pinch
Chocolate Chips - 1/2 cup

Preparation Method

Preheat the oven at 200 degrees for 10 mins:
Grease 9-inch baking tray with butter or oil and dust with flour and keep aside.
Sieve together maida, baking powder, baking soda, and salt; keep aside.
Add bananas to a mixing bowl and mash well with a fork.
Add oil and sugar (I used brown sugar) and with the help of a whisk mix well till the sugar dissolve completely.
Gradually add dry ingredients (maida mix) to the wet ingredients and with the help of a spatula combine well.
Add 1/4 cup chocolate chips to the batter and mix well.
Pour the batter to the prepared baking tray and tap the tray twice to remove the air bubbles.
Sprinkle remaining chocolate chips on top of the batter.
Bake the cake at 180 degrees for 25-30 mins (prick the cake with a toothpick, if it comes out clean the cake is done; else bake for another 5 mins:)
Remove the cake from the oven and allow it to cool down.
When the tray is cool down, carefully remove the cake from the tray and keep in a wire rack and allow it to cool down.
Cut and serve the Eggless Banana Chocochip Cake with a snack.

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