This Chocolate Chip Ring Cake is a lovely Italian ring cake made moist from the addition of a banana and some Greek yogurt. A little bit of chocolate chips are added to make the chocolate lovers happy!
Chocolate Chip Ring Cake
What is a ciambellone (or ciambella)?
What is the pretty sunshine in my latest posts? We're in the middle of winter, right? Six more weeks of winter were predicted this week and I feel that it hasn't even started yet for us. Luca keeps asking me, "Where is winter? Is it coming back mommy?".
In this ciambella there is a mashed banana and yogurt to make it a little more moist than the usual dense recipe I make. Ideally eaten the first day when it's slightly warm dipped in your caffe latte. Even more wonderful the next day for an afternoon snack. A family favorite that you will thank me for!
Chocolate Chip Ring Cake {Ciambellone con Gocce di Cioccolato}
Ingredients
- ½ cup of Greek yogurt I used Chobani
- 1 ripe banana
- zest and juice of one lemon or small orange
- 1 ¾ cup all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- ¾ cup demerra sugar or granulated sugar
- ½ cup canola oil I usually do ¼ cup olive oil and ¼ cup canola
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 3 medium eggs
- ½ cup chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 F. Spray with baking spray a tube or Bundt pan.
- In a small bowl, mash the banana and mix in the juice of the lemon and the yogurt; set aside. In a medium sized bowl, whisk together the flour and baking powder; set aside. In a large bowl, beat sugar, oil and vanilla extract until combined. Add the eggs one at a time until the batter is light and fluffy (about 5-7 minutes).
- Add the flour to the batter alternating with the yogurt mixture and mix until combined. Be sure to scrape down the sides of the bowl and mix well. Fold in the chocolate chips. Add the batter to your prepared pan.
- Pour the batter into the cake pan and bake in the middle of the oven for 35-45 minutes or until a skewer inserted into the cake comes out clean.
- Let the cake cool for 20 minutes or so before turning out onto a cake rack.
Nutrition Disclaimer
Please keep in mind that the nutritional information presented below is an approximation and may vary depending on the exact ingredients used.
LOVE this! Yum!
Looks super savory!
Look really good but anything with chocolate chips sounds good to me. Sending chocolate love your way 🙂
Looks awesome! I would love to have a piece with my morning breakfast. Saved the recipe, thanks 🙂
This is one gorgeous cake. I love the way you played with the light in that second photo. Breathtaking. I am so glad to hear it's chocolate month cuz now I have an excuse for eating my weight in chocolate the last few days. Now I can stop feeling guilty.
Thanks so much Kim;) No guilt this month:)
bookmarking this and making very soon
Ahhh, this sounds so pretty in Italian! I thought I knew a fair amount about Italian goodies but this post taught me about ciambella - will definitely be making it. (Love that 1st photo too!)
Lora this sounds delicious! I would love some with good coffee with brunch :)!
One of my very favourite cakes Lora, perfect for coffee time. I love the addition of banana and greek yogurt, will have to add them to my next ciambella. I've never been big on yogurt but I tried it a while back in some mini mousse cakes and yum, so creamy and delicious.
Sounds amazing! Perfect breakfast treat 😉
how beautiful and light and delicious. I love the idea of chocolate with a ciambellone texture. YUM!
This cake sounds wonderful and delicious. It came out of the pan so nicely, too!
This looks like the perfect cake to last the week. Love the subtle bit of chocolate, banana and yoghurt. Lovely!
I learn something new almost every time I come here and learning about ciambellone was fun. It looks pretty tasty and I like that you added banana and yogurt to it.
We here up North in Canada are not asking if Winter is coming back but rather when it will be leaving!:)
it looks delicious and very different I would love to make it
A cake that tastes like a cookie? Yessss. That top picture seriously has my sold.
This looks great. February is chocolate month. I cannot wait to find what recipe I am going to make up.
Gorgeous Cake!I would love to have all of it to myself!Happy #Chocolatelove 🙂
Gorgeous, Lora. It looks soooo moist!
I love this type of yogurt&oil cake, it's simply delicious, perfect for an afternoon snack.
Great bloghop! 😉