Chocolate Velvet Cake With Siced Bananas

I made this cake last eidul Adha.I took the recipe from the Australian Women's weekly Cookboks but adjusted it a bit by layering it with bananan.


Ingredients
125gm butter,chopped
1 cup (200gm) firmly packed brown sugar
1/2 cup(110gm) castor sugar
3 eggs
2 cups (300gm) plain flour
1/2 cup (50gm) cocoa
1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
1/2 cup (125ml) sour cream
2/3 cup (160ml) water
1/4 cup chocolate chips
5 medium sized bananas sliced


Buttercream cocoa frosting

½ cup (115 g) butter, softened
3 cups powdered sugar or confectioner's sugar
½ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1½ teaspoon vanilla extract
About 5 tablespoons lukewarm milk


Method Using an electric mixer, cream the butter, and add gradually powdered sugar and cocoa; add a tablespoon of lukewarm milk in between, when needed. Add vanilla extract, and mix until smooth; do not over-mix. 


Method for batter

1. Grease 23cm square slab cake pan,cover base with baking paper.
2. Combine all ingredients in medium bowl of electric mixer,beat on low speed until ingredients are combined.Add the chocolate chips.
3. Then beat on medium speed until mixture is just smooth and changed in color;do not over beat.
4. Spread half of the mixture into prepared pan.Place the sliced bananas and pour the rest of the batter.
5. Bake in moderate oven (175C) for about 50 minutes.
6. Stand 5 minutes before turning onto wire rack yo cool.
7. Frost the topping when completely cooled.

I layered with slices of bananas