Heavenly Chocolate and Banana Cake

Name: Heavenly Chocolate and Banana Cake
Prep time: 1 h 35 min
Cook time: 1 h 35 min
Total time: 1 h 35 min
Yield: 16
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 237 milliliters mashed fully ripe bananas (about 4); 227 grams pkg. PHILADELPHIA Cream Cheese, softened; 3 eggs; 1 package (2-layer size) chocolate cake mix (not pudding in the mix variety); 237 milliliters prepared MAXWELL HOUSE Instant Coffee, cooled; 1 teaspoon MAXWELL HOUSE Instant Coffee; 2 Tbsps milk, warmed; 118 milliliters chopped PLANTERS Pecans; 473 milliliters powdered sugar; 113 grams pkg. BAKERS Semi-Sweet Chocolate, divided; 118 milliliters unsweetened cocoa powder; 79 milliliters water

One portion of this dish contains roughly 5g of protein, 11g of fat, and a total of 304 calories. This recipe covers 5% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe serves 16. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 1 hour and 35 minutes. If you have maxwell house instant coffee, chocolate cake mix, eggs, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it.

Instructions

Heat oven to 350F.

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Oven

Spray 2 (9-inch) round pans with cooking spray; dust with flour. Cover bottoms with waxed paper. Beat first 6 ingredients in large bowl with mixer until blended; pour evenly into prepared pans.

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Cooking Spray

All Purpose Flour

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Blender

Bowl

Bake 30 to 35 min. or until toothpick inserted in centers comes out clean. Cool 10 min.; remove from pans to wire racks. Immediately remove waxed paper. Cool cakes completely. Meanwhile, make chocolate curls from 1 oz. chocolate. (See tip.)

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Chocolate Curls

Chocolate

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Toothpicks

Oven

Melt remaining chocolate as directed on package. Dissolve 1 tsp. instant coffee in warm milk. Beat cream cheese in medium bowl with mixer until creamy.

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Instant Coffee