UBC Ponderosa Cake (Banana/Chocolate)

I realize there are several great banana cakes posted, but I figure what’s a Mennonite Cookbook without 8 versions of the same recipe? I like to made my own versions by comparing several recipes side by side, which is always a nice challenge. I am not sure where this title came from, but that’s the name it came with when I got it from my friend, Laura M.

Ingredients:

• 3/4 cup butter, room temp
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 3 - 4 mashed bananas 
• 3 cups flour
• 3 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 cup sour cream

Filling:

• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• ½ cup brown sugar
• 1 -1 ½ cups semi sweet chocolate chips

Method:

1. Cream butter, adding in the sugar, eggs, vanilla and bananas.
2. Combine dry ingredients and add to wet mixture alternating with sour cream.
3. Spread one third of batter into prepared Bundt or tube pan.
4. Sprinkle with half of the cinnamon/sugar/choc chips. Cover with another third of the batter, the rest of the sugar/choc chip mixture, then the final batter.
5. Bake at 350° F for about 55 -60 min. Test for doneness.
6. Cool 10 min before inverting onto plate. Cool before slicing.