Healthy Chunky Monkey Cake (Peanut Butter Banana Cake with Chocolate Peanut Butter Frosting)
This Chunky Monkey Cake is soft, fluffy, moist and delicious, it tastes too good to be healthy!
Ingredients
Cake:
- 4 Medium Bananas (I used frozen and thawed super ripe bananas, which weighed 420g)
- ⅔ cup Unsweetened Vanilla Almond Milk
- ½ tbs Vanilla Extract
- 1 tsp Liquid Stevia Extract
- 5 Large Eggs
- 300g (2½ cups) Peanut Flour
- 96g (½ cup) Granulated Erythritol
- 1 tbs Double-Acting Baking Powder
- ½ tsp Salt
Frosting:
- 1 cup Plain, Nonfat Greek Yogurt
- ¾ cup Unsweetened Vanilla Almond Milk
- 1 tsp Vanilla Extract
- 1 tsp Liquid Stevia Extract
- 150g (1¼ cups) Peanut Flour
- 20g (¼ cup) Unsweetened Dutch Processed Cocoa Powder
Instructions
For the Cake:
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Spray two 8" cake pans with cooking spray and line with parchment circle liners.
- In a large blender (I used my Vitamix), add the frozen bananas. Let it thaw for about 30 minutes, then add the almond milk, vanilla extract and stevia extract. Blend until smooth.
- Add the eggs and blend again until smooth. Pour the mixture into a large bowl.
- In a medium-sized bowl, whisk together the peanut flour, erythritol, baking powder and salt. Dump the dry ingredients over the wet ingredients and whisk together. Scoop the batter into the prepared cake pans and bake for 40 minutes.
For the Frosting:
- In a stand mixer bowl with whisk attachment, add all of the ingredients and whip on medium speed until completely smooth. Frost the cake, then refrigerate for ~30 minutes to firm up. Serve and enjoy!
Recipe Notes
The recipe above is my revised recipe. I originally posted a Chunky Monkey Cake recipe back in 2014 but felt like it could use some work on the texture. Just in case you wanted to see the previous recipe and/or the changes I made, I’m providing the old recipe here:
- 300g (2½ cups) Peanut Flour
- 96g (½ cup) Granulated Erythritol
- 1 tbs Double-Acting Baking Powder
- ¼ tsp Salt
- 310g (1⅓ cups) Mashed Bananas, ripe
- 123g (½ cup) Unsweetened Applesauce
- 5 Large Organic Eggs
- 85g (⅓ cup) Natural Peanut Butter (no sugar, salt or oil added)
- ⅓ cup Unsweetened Vanilla Almond Milk
- 1½ tsp Vanilla-Flavored Stevia Extract
Nutrition Facts
Healthy Chunky Monkey Cake (Peanut Butter Banana Cake with Chocolate Peanut Butter Frosting)
Amount Per Serving (1 serving = 1/10th of cake (includes frosting)
Calories 260
Calories from Fat 81
% Daily Value*
Fat 9g14%
Saturated Fat 2g13%
Cholesterol 105mg35%
Sodium 310mg13%
Carbohydrates 19g6%
Fiber 8g33%
Sugar 9g10%
Protein 30g60%
Vitamin A 200IU4%
Vitamin C 5mg6%
Calcium 250mg25%
Iron 2.7mg15%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.