When a new life comes into the world, all you want to do is show your love and support in whatever way you can! New Mother Cake is a perfect way to show your affection for the new parents with a nourishing, sweet, and playful treat! A tender, buttery banana bread-like cake is filled with and topped with melty chocolate chips for bursts of pure joy, precisely the kind of dessert that will make Mom happy! Best of all, New Mother Cake makes a lot, so it can be frozen for an easy snack whenever Mom wants to indulge herself (as she should)! This will be the most wonderful welcome present for when you come over to meet the baby!
Ingredients
- 1 cup unsalted butter, softened
- 1 1/4 cups brown sugar, packed
- 3/4 cup granulated sugar
- 1 tablespoon vanilla
- 2 large eggs
- 1 1/3 cups bananas, very ripe and mashed
- 2 3/4 cups all purpose-flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1 1/4 cups mini semisweet chocolate chips, divided
Directions
Step 1 –Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
Step 2 –Spray a 11×17-inch rimmed baking sheet with nonstick spray.
Step 3 –In a large bowl, beat the butter, the brown sugar, and the granulated sugar together until combined and creamy.
Step 4 –Add the vanilla, the eggs, and the mashed bananas to the butter mixture, mixing until fully incorporated.
Step 5 –In a separate bowl, combine the flour, the baking soda, and the salt.
Step 6 –Pour the dry ingredients mixture into the wet ingredients mixture until just combined.
Step 7 –Fold 1 cup of the chocolate chips into the batter.
Step 8 –Spread the batter evenly into the prepared baking sheet.
Step 9 –Sprinkle the batter with the remaining chocolate chips.
Step 10 –Bake until golden brown and a cake tester inserted into the center emerges with only a few moist crumbs clinging to it, about 18-22 minutes.
Step 11 –Let the cake cool.
Step 12 –Slice and serve.
