Dessert for 12
Chocolate Peanut Butter Banana Cake
$4.17for 460 minServes 12
Bananas, peanut butter, and brown sugar bake beneath a rich chocolate cake for an upside-down dessert.
Photo: pinchofyum.com
What it costs
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| Ingredient | Amount | Cost | |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Chocolate chips and baking chocolate$0.45/oz typical | 2 oz | $0.90Typical price |
 | Butter$0.40/oz typical | 12 oz | $4.80Typical price |
 | Eggs$0.30 each typical | 4 | $1.20Typical price |
| Milk$0.04/oz typical | 8.5 oz | $0.34Typical price |
 | Peanut butter$0.14/oz typical | 6.75 oz | $0.95Typical price |
 | Bananas$0.62/lb typical | 1.15 lb | $0.70Typical price |
| Total for the servings shown | $12.50 | ||
Pantry staples you likely have
FlourBaking powder and sodaSugar and brown sugarCornstarch, vanilla, yeast, cocoaSyrups, molasses, powdered sugar
Not included in the cost.
Swaps
- Swap Milk for Almond, soy or oat milkabout $0.01/oz more at typical prices
- Swap Butter for Margarine and vegan butterabout $0.15/oz less at typical prices
- 60 minstart to table
- Mediumdifficulty
- 12servings as written
- $typical cost tier
AmericanVegetarianBudgetDesserts
Typical price
$1.04 per serving$4.17 for 4
Typical price: Salefork's estimate of an everyday US shelf price for each ingredient. Pick your city to price it from this week's ad.
Ingredients
- 3 cups all purpose flour
- 1 tbsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/3 cup cocoa
- 3 sticks unsalted butter
- 2 cups granulated sugar
- 4 large eggs
- 1 tsp pure vanilla extract
- 1 cup milk
- 3/4 cup chunky peanut butter
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 4 bananas
Steps
- Heat the oven to 350 F and grease a 9-by-13-inch baking pan with cooking oil.
- Melt 1 stick of butter with the brown sugar, stir in the peanut butter, and spread the mixture in the pan.
- Slice the bananas over the peanut butter mixture.
- Beat the remaining butter with the granulated sugar, then mix in the eggs and vanilla.
- Whisk the flour, cocoa, baking powder, and salt, then add them to the batter with the milk.
- Spread the batter over the bananas and bake for 40 to 45 minutes, until the center is set.
- Cool the cake for 10 minutes, then carefully turn it onto a plate.
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