Banana Toffee Snack Cake from Just About Baked

Banana Toffee Snack Cake - made October 1, 2022, modified from Just About Baked

1/2 cup canola oil

3/4 cup dark brown sugar

1 cup sour cream

2 large eggs

1 teaspoon vanilla

scant 1 cup mashed overripe banana

2 cups all-purpose flour

1 teaspoon baking soda

1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon

1/4 teaspoon salt

1/2 cup toffee bits

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Line an 8 x 8-inch baking pan with foil and lightly spray with nonstick cooking spray.
2. In a large mixing bowl, cream together oil and dark brown sugar until well combined and no sugar lumps remain. Add sour cream, eggs, vanilla and mashed bananas, mixing until combined.
3. In a small bowl, whisk together flour, baking soda, cinnamon and salt. 
4. Add to wet ingredients and mix to combine. Add half of the toffee bits to the batter and pour into an even layer in prepared pan. Smooth top and sprinkle with remaining toffee bits.
5. Bake 30-35 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out with a few moist crumbs, 30-35 minutes.

I rarely make cakes these days, mostly because they don't ship as well as cookies and brownies, even if vacuum sealed and my family and I can't finish off a whole cake, even an 8-inch one. But, since I was doing an in-person volunteer event for Soldiers Angels at the Women Marines Convention in town, I decided to whip up this easy snack cake to bring in to share with the attendees who stopped by the Soldiers Angels table.

When I say this is an easy cake, I really mean it's easy to put together. I modified it to make it even easier as I didn't have oat flour and didn't want to trouble pulverizing rolled oats in my food processor to make oat flour so I went with all-purpose flour. I also didn't have yogurt as the original recipe called for so I used sour cream which I did happen to have, albeit it I had bought it for another recipe.

I loved the texture of this cake. The pictures say it all, this was firm but also fluffy and had a nice cakey texture. Surprisingly, it wasn't that sweet (hence your typical Asian parent will like it just fine - ask me how I know). If anything, I think I would increase the mashed banana to a full cup and add more toffee bits to make it a little sweeter but that's me.