Jazz Up Your Banana Cake with MAYA Oven Toaster Banana Cake Mix

Banana is everyone's favorite

If there’s one fruit I’d love to have any time of the day, it would have to be banana. I mean, who doesn’t love having a banana? It’s delicious, nutritious and is known to be a great source of potassium. It’s also a no-fail comfort food for many of us. That’s why it comes as no surprise that banana cake had also become a favorite dessert that perfectly caps off each meal.

I recently received a parcel from MAYA Oven Toaster Banana Cake Mix

It’s such a good thing that every time I crave for a banana cake, MAYA Oven Toaster Banana Cake Mix makes it easier for me to create one right at my own kitchen! With some creative juices, one can actually jazz up one’s banana cake and make it into an exciting new dessert.

My friends from The MAYA Kitchen recently sent me two boxes of my favorite MAYA Oven Toaster Banana Cake Mix. I had to browse through recipes over recipes and I recently discovered easy-to-do- recipes from The MAYA Kitchen and I’d be sharing them to you on this blog entry so that you too can enjoy transforming the classic banana cake into something more special. 

MAYA Oven Toaster Banana Cake Mix

There were three recipes that I’m pretty sure you and your family will truly enjoy. There’s Ice Cream Banana Bread, Chocolate Peanut Butter Banana Cake and Banana Cake Bites which the kids can even have for their snack during merienda time or as baon in school.

Let’s get started, shall we? 

Banana Cake had always been everyone's favorite

Ice Cream Banana Bread

Ice Cream Banana Bread

Ingredients:

1/3 cup oil

2 pieces egg

½ cup milk

6 pieces banana ripe and mashed

2 pack MAYA Oven Toaster Banana Cake Mix 230 grams

1 pint vanilla flavored ice cream

1 pint chocolate flavored ice cream

Instructions:

Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees Farenheit/177 degrees Celsius. Grease and line 9x4 loaf pan. Set aside.

In a bowl, mix oil, eggs, milk, and mashed bananas. Mix well.

Add banana cake mix and mix well until blended.

Bake for 30 to 35 minutes or until toothpick inserted comes out clean.

Let it cool for 5 to 10 minutes and remove banana bread from the pan. Slice banana bread into 3 parts.

Line the loaf pan with plastic wrap and place the bottom part of the banana bread, then pour  and spread the vanilla flavored ice cream, then put on top of the ice cream the mid part of the banana bread, then pour and spread the chocolate flavored ice cream, then lastly, put the top layer of the banana bread.

Cover the ice cream banana bread with plastic wraps and place it in the freezer for 1 to 2 hours or until the ice cream freeze again.

Slice ice cream banana bread and drizzle it with chocolate sauce [optional]. Serve. 

Chocolate Peanut Butter Banana Cake

Chocolate Peanut Butter Banana Cake

Ingredients:

1 pack MAYA Oven Toaster Banana Cake Mix 230 grams

1 piece egg

2 pieces ripe banana mashed

3 tablespoons vegetable oil

¼ cup water

Peanut Butter Glaze

¼ cup confectioner’s sugar

2 tablespoons peanut butter

2 tablespoons milk

Peanut butter chips or chocolate chips for topping

Instructions:

Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees Farenheit/177 degrees Celsius. Grease and line an 8x3-inch loaf pan.  Set aside.

In a bowl, combine cake mix, eggs, mashed bananas, oil and water.

Pour batter in prepared pan.

Bake in the pre-heated oven for 30-35 minutes or until cake is set and lightly golden brown.

In a bowl, mix together glaze ingredients until smooth

Drizzle prepared glaze onto cooled cake, top with peanut butter chips and or chocolate chips, as desired.

Yield: 4-6 servings

Use candy sprinkles, chocolate chips and cashew nuts to jazz up your banana cake

Banana Cake Bites

Banana Cake Bites

Ingredients:

¼ cup brown sugar

3 tablespoons unsalted butter

3 tablespoons dark rum

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

2 pieces ripe bananas sliced

¼ cup toasted cashew nuts chopped

1 pack MAYA Oven Toaster Banana Cake Mix 230 grams

3 tablespoons oil

¼ cup water

2 pieces ripe bananas mashed

1 piece egg

Instructions:

Pre-heat oven oven to 350 degrees Farenheit/177 degrees Celsius. Grease two 12-hole mini muffin pans.

Make the sauce, in a microwave safe bowl, mix together brown sugar and butter.

Microwave until butter melts. Stir to combine. Add in the rum and vanilla extract.

Add a teaspoon of the mixture into the muffin pan. Then place a slice of banana on top and sprinkle with chopped cashews. Set aside.

In a bowl, mix together oil, water, mashed bananas, and egg. Stir in banana cake mix until well combined. Drop cake batter into prepared muffin tins.

Bake for 10-15 minutes or until edges are golden brown. Remove from muffin tins. Serve upside down.

Yield: 24 pieces banana cake bites

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Lastly, you guys are encouraged to create your own banana cake as creatively as you can. Join MAYA's social media contest where you share your own jazzed up banana cake. Check out my separate post to learn how to join. 

Disclaimer: I am not compensated for this post. Opinions expressed are 100% my own.