Banana Ice Cream Chocolate Cake and Chocolate Hard Shell

Recipe for a vegan Chocolate Lovers Cake with Banana Ice Cream and Chocolate Hard Shell. And yes, it tastes like it looks: amazing!

What I love about the chocolate cake is that it’s a one-bowl-cake. Simply whisk all the dry ingredients in a mixing bowl and add in the wet ingredients and whisk again! Simple as that. I don’t have a dishwasher, so I try not to make a huge mess in my kitchen.

For the Chocolate Hard Shell I’ve used Vivani‘s 70% vegan couverture and I loved it! I’ve melted it in a double boiler and slowly drizzled it over the ice cream. It took only a few seconds to harden and created a nice hard shell.

INGREDIENTS:

Ingredients for the Chocolate Cake

1/4 cup dextrose*
3/4 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1 1/2 tablespoons cocoa powder
1 pinch salt
1 tablespoon melted coconut oil
1/2 cup almond milk (I used sweetened)
1/2 teaspoon coconut vinegar

Ingredients for the Ice Cream & Chocolate Hard Shell

2 bananas , frozen & in chunks
1/2 cup vegan couverture (I used Vivani's 70% couverture)

INSTRUCTIONS:

Pre-heat oven to 360°F/180°C.
In a mixing bowl, combine all the dry ingredients for the Chocolate Cake, whisk, then add all the wet ingredients and whisk again until it's a smooth batter.
Fill the batter in the baking form and put it in the oven for about 15 minutes. (Use the Toothpick Method to make sure the dough is done in the middle.)
Let the cake cool off completely.
In a double boiler heat the couverture slowly, meanwhile prep your ice cream.
For the ice cream simply put the frozen banana chunks in your food processor or high-speed blender and blend or chop until it's a perfectly smooth ice cream - don't give up! It may take a while, but it will get there.
Place the ice cream on the cake & top it off with the melted chocolate. You'll have a hard Chocolate Hard Shell in a couple of seconds!
Enjoy your delicious chocolate treat!