Candy Chocolate Banana Cake

Who doesn't like candy chocolate bananas?! Surely kids do. :) You know, this is one of those cakes that everyone likes and you have no clue how could it disappear so quickly. First time I made it, it

was a huge success. Next time I started wondering if this recipe should be doubled or tripled.

Yup, even those who claimed that, you know, chocolate bananas are not really something they prefer surprised me with asking for one more slice!

Ingredients:
200 ml / 0.8 cup of heavy cream

200 ml / 1.6 cup of sour cream 

200 gr / 1.5 cup of powdered sugar

200 gr / 1.5 cup of biscuits (I use Petit Beure)

25 candy chocolate bananas

100 gr /0.8 cup of powdered whipp cream

Milk for preparing the cream

*optional 1 dl / 0.4 cup of milk

5 mandarines

+ mandarines and chocolate bananas for decorating

With adding or omitting the milk you decide how creamy do you want it to be. If you add the milk it will be super creamy but the slice won't stand firmly on the plate. So, if you make this for a child's birthday party, omit the milk. On the other hand, if you like creamy cakes and you are making this for your family, so you don't actually mind how will it sit on the plate, go with the milky version! You will love it!

Step by step preparation:

Cut the candy chocoalte bananas in 1 cm (0.4 in) wide circles.

Break the biscuits in smaller chunks, aproximatelly 2x2 cm (0.8x0.8 in).

Whipp up the heavy cream. Be sure that the cream is cold before you start whipping it.

Add to the cream sour cream and powdered sugar. Mix it well with a spatula or a spoon.

• Don't use a mixer for mixing the sour cream, it will turn too runny and you surely don't want that!

Add chocolate banana pieces to the cream and stir it in.

Add the biscuit chunks to the cream. Combine everything.

Prepare the casserole dish. (30x20 cm - 11.8x7.8 in)

Cover it with stretch foil.

Pour in the prepared cake mixture. Spread and even everything with a spoon.

Put the cake in the fridge for at least 2h.

It will get firmer and the biscuits will soften and soak in the cream.

Once you take out the cake from the fridge, sprinkle it with powdered sugar. This will prevent sticking it to the serving tray, especially if you added milk to the cake mixture.

Cover the casserole dish with a serving tray and carefully flip it over. Remove the stretch foil.

At this point you can choose weather you want the cake fruity or not.

Peel the mandarins and divide them into slices. Cut each slice in small pieces.

Spread the mandarins evenly on top of whole cake.

Whip up the whipping powder with milk or water (as you like it more). I like to gradually add the milk   and actually determine how thick the cream will be.

Make the cream a little bit less thick then you would usually. This will help to easily cover the mandarins without moving them all over the cake.

Decorate the cake as you like. I used chocolate bananas and mandarins for a simple decoration. 

Watch the video tutorial:

Enjoy in this sweet, creamy & yummy cake!