Wednesday, February 2, 2011

Banana Heavenly Hash Chocolate Pecan Gooey CAKE


Now this is a cake!!!

OK, not one of those amazingly beautiful things I dream about decorating.  Nothing you will see on "Cake Boss", but it does have a certain rustic beauty.


I mean look at all this stuff, and it's just on the outside... 

Banana Slices
Pecans
Marshmallows 
And a rich chocolate fudge drizzle!!!

And the inside is a moist chocolate dream...

Here's what I did...

4 Eggs
1 Cup (2 sticks) Butter softened
2 Cups Sugar
2 tablespoons baking Cocoa
1 1/2 Cups all purpose Flour
1 1/2 Teaspoons Baking Powder
1/4 Teaspoons Salt
1 1/2 cups chopped Pecans 

1/2 cup Pecans leave them whole
2 teaspoons Vanilla
1 - 10 ounce bag miniature marshmallows 

2 bananas cut into thin slices

Rich Fudge Icing
1/2 cup (1 stick) Butter
1/4 cup baking Cocoa
1 pound Confectioner's Sugar
1/2 Cup heavy cream
1 teaspoon Vanilla

For the cake, combine the eggs, butter, sugar, cocoa, flour, baking powder and salt and mix well
Stir in the chopped pecans
Pour into greased medium sized cake pan and small cake pan so you get that layered look.
Bake at 325 degrees for 40 minutes. Let stand to cool. Spread Marshmallows over the large cake and add the small one on top.  Garnish the sides and top with whole pecans and banana slices, add more marshmallows to the top

For the Icing, combine the butter, baking cocoa, confectioner's sugar, cream and Vanilla in a bowl and mix well if needed, thin with 2% milk.
Drizzle the icing over the marshmallows

And you have one incredible cake!!!






9 comments:

  1. What a sinfully delicious, gorgeous cake! Love all of the ingredients and can't wait to try it! Drooling, and printing.... :)

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  2. Whoa! How long did it take to make this? Sinful to look at for sure. Hope you are not snowed in.

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  3. I will definitely have to forget about calories with this delicious looking cake!

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  4. Oh Dave. This is beautiful! I don't know that I would ever have teh patience to make something as ornate as this.

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  5. I think my blood sugar just rose to 400 just looking at that cake! Yum!!!!

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  6. Dude this is a sweet lovers fantasy! You're getting buzzed for this one.

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  7. That is one insane sugar high!
    Its magnificent!
    ~Rainey~

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  8. Wow what a cake! We love pecans and recently found out how good they are for you. The ones on the cake are beatiful and hard to find in the grocery. We order from www.pecantreats for big fresh ones like those.

    FP

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  9. I love the way this cake looks ... the taste just make me dip split.

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