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I make this in a 4 inch heart shaped spring form pan and it gives us 2 big servings. It could be made in a 4 inch round pan to make 4 smaller servings if you like. It’s very chocolaty and a smaller piece would not be a hardship. You can fill the pan more than normal as this cake has a dense texture and doesn’t rise much.

MAKES: 2-4 servings
INGREDIENTS:

• 1/2 cup flour
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 cup cocoa powder
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon instant coffee (optional) or espresso powder (optional)
• 1/4 cup butter
• 1/3 cup brown sugar
• 1 sm egg
• 1 lg banana, very ripe and mashed
• 1/3 cup “Special Dark” chocolate chips

DIRECTIONS:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees, grease or spray a mini spring form pan and lightly dust with cocoa powder.
2. Mix together dry ingredients, set aside.
3. Cream butter, add sugar and egg, mix well,then add banana and mix briefly.
4. Mix in dry ingredients until incorporated, don’t over mix, stir in chocolate chips.
5. Pour into prepared pan and bake 45- 55 minutes until it tests done, cake will just start to pull away from edges.
6. Cool slightly then remove from pan.
7. Let it cool all the way then dust with confectioners sugar, or slice it warm, which is good with vanilla ice cream .

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