When I was a kid I wasn’t such a big fan of sweet food, well maybe except ice cream and candies. While hubby, on the other hand, is a big kid when it comes to sweets and desserts. He stashes M&M in his office drawers or jacket pocket — and loves his dessert, which is usually swimming in heavy cream. A moderate amount of whipped cream I can understand. But plain cream….??? Well, anyways, he loves it. So I learn to bake sweet things more often. One of his favorite, and now mine too, is Peach Cobbler.
The other day I was browsing through Peach Cobbler recipe and picked the one from Elise, Simply Recipes. With a few adjustments like some additional ingredients of crushed corn flakes to give more texture to the cobbler and half a cup of dessicated coconut which gives a beautiful creaminess flavour and depth.
The week after, I thought I could bake another cobbler but couldn’t think of any other fruit that I like and is available in the mainland. We have lots and lots of bananas here. And I am a HUGE fan of Banana Foster. Hey, maybe I can make a more interesting cobbler with banana. An idea was already formed in my mind, just need to see if someone else has done it before and I couldn’t find anything like this on search engine. There is one banana cobbler recipe on the net but doesn’t look too exciting using plain chunks of banana and caramel only….
Instead of using plain cut up bananas, I will caramelize them a bit in a pan with a bit of butter. Their flavour come out fully — combined with butter, the aroma would be just beautiful. I’m placing dollops of chocolate melts here and there so upon baking the cobbler will have great combination of slightly crunchy toppings with delicate coconut flavors, sweet gooey caramelized banana dotted with melted chocolate here and there. Whoooo!!! I’m in heaven….
HOPSCOTCH (Banana-Choco) COBBLER
Ingredients:
* 7 pcs large ripe bananas
* 2 cups sifted all-purpose flour
* 1 cup of sugar
* 1/ cup dessicated coconut
* 1 cup crushed corn flakes
* 1 1/4 baking powder
* 3/4 cup butter
* 4 tbs heavy cream (add if necessary)
* 2 tsp vanilla extract
* pinch of ground cinnamon
– Mix everything together in a bowl, except for bananas
Ingredients for melted chocolate:
* 1/3 cup Dutch cocoa
* 1/2 cup dark chocolate chips
* pinch of salt
* 1/2 cup heavy cream
* 1 tsp vanilla
— Mix all ingredients and microwave until choc chips soften
Directions:
1.) Cut bananas into 3. Using butter, lightly fry them until brown & caramelize
2.) Place banans in an oven proof baking dish
3.) Sprinkle 1/3 cup of sugar & pinch of cinnamon
4.) Dot with dollops of melted chocolate
5.) Top with flour mixture, dot with the rest of melted chocolate
6.) Bake for about 50 – 60 mnts at 180C
7.) Serve warm with whipped cream/vanilla ice cream
or swimming in heavy cream like the way my hubby does
A mother of a 2 year old girl, street food lover, foodie by nature, loves photography and experimenting in the kitchen. Nerdie side: loves doing coding and design websites
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My gear is a DSLR Nikon D700 paired with several lenses 50mm f/1.4 and 60mm f/2.8 as my prime lens for food photography. When out & about I take my my 24-70mm which is also the latest addition to the family. What can I say, it's an addictive hobby :D
12 Comments
what a unique and completely scrumptious treat! the addition of coconut and the simple roasting of the bananners tipped the scales from awesome to OUTSTANDING–bravo!
grace
11/14/2009
A banana cobbler sounds so good!
Kevin
11/15/2009
I know what you mean. Sounds like a great idea to caramelize those bananas first. It’s just the best way to bake them… thumbs up, Dhi
Lisa
11/16/2009
Ah enak banget. Resepnya keren-keren mbak D. Aku jadi pengen coba bikin cobbler
Anggi
11/16/2009
Can’t wait to try this recipe. Thanks for the idea
Lisa
11/16/2009
Looks scrumptious indeed. Love the new look of your site. Sending an email about your design package
Jeff
11/16/2009
That cobbler looks amazing! You should submit the recipe to the Recipe4Living Fall Cobbler Recipe Contest here!
Kathryn
8/7/2010
when I see the baked bananas…I’m drooling…for real…I love love love bananas…especially with chocolate and dulce de leche…..
Carine
1/12/2011
Dear Dhi,
i love your blog (every one of it). I tried this recipe today and totally feel like in heaven when i taste it! *dramatic*
may i link this post into my blog? i made a post about this recipe here:
http://metariza.com/2011/02/hopscotch-banana-chocolate-cobbler/
thanks for sharing the recipe, my son loves it
Meta
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#9: Banana Chocolate Cobbler
3/23/2011
i ve just put my cobbler in the oven!! since i didn’t have all the ingredients you proposed, i changed a little bit and am totally curious, how it will turn out!!!
check my blog later on, if you are interested in the results!!
greetings from france!!
martina
Martina
9/1/2011
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