This Banana Split cake with strawberries is moist and has a beautiful texture. The fresh strawberries in the sauce are delicious. Literally the icing on the cake. The dollop of whipped cream is optional - but why wouldn't you? 🙂

banana split cake with strawberry sauce sitting on white plate with whipped cream

banana split cake slices on yellow and white plate — This Banana Split Cake is tasty with or without the Strawberry Sauce

A trip down memory lane

I guess I would have to say that I'm nostalgic by nature. I try to be in the moment and cherish the memories that are made along the way.

I'm usually awake at the crack of dawn. That is a habit I picked up from working 23 years of retail management. It's also my favourite time of day to sit and write. Typically, I'm at the harvest table in the kitchen. That's for a few reasons. For one, there's a lot of room for me to spread out my notes, day planner, coffee and I have a perfect view of my little potager garden that is waiting to be planted today . I also have a perfect view of the bird feeder. I love to watch the birds come and go.

There is a grackle who has become the bully of the bird playground. The bluejays finally put him in his place and set him packing. He's been terrorizing the feeder for days.

This sure brings back a lot of great memories!

My parents have kept this for all of these years!

I can remember spending hours in the kitchen with this EZ Bake oven. It actually cooked up pretty good little cakes from what I recall!

The small boxes of cake mixes were available in the toy section of the department stores, but that grew old quickly and we moved up to the big leagues. My mom would mix up a Duncan Heinz cake mix and we would spend hours baking cakes and cupcakes.

THEN, we would make frosting.

It was so simple - plug and play. The cookie tins would be pushed in one end, then come out the other fully cooked after about 3 -5 minutes.

I'm going to say it....Oh dear, I'm getting old - 'they don't make toys like this anymore'.

We cut little pieces of waxed paper for the bottom of the pans so that the cake wouldn't stick.

My sister and I would play for hours. I think Aunt Sylvie was there too playing along/supervising us.

Once my brother Billy came along, he was more fascinated with melting whatever he could on the top part that got really hot. 🙂

Does it still work?

I brought it home and unboxed it around 730pm last night.

My son Austin asked if it still worked. I think he was ready to whip up some cake batter and try it out. Austin likes to cook and helped me in the kitchen while I made the Banana Split Cake.

I didn't plug it in because I knew that if it worked I wouldn't be able to resist :).

Oh my! I just plugged it in and it DOES still work. There may be a part two to this story 🙂

Thanks for letting me take that trip down memory lane and I'm so grateful that it was carefully tucked away for all those years. Thanks Mom 🙂

This Banana Split Cake with Strawberry Sauce is REALLY good. Well, that is my humble opinion.

The fresh, local strawberries should be ready soon and this will the the perfect recipe to enjoy them with.

We usually have healthy oatmeal with berries for breakfast, however I will admit I just snuck a small piece of this cake without the sauce and it stands tall on its own without the sauce. 🙂

A few tips about making this Banana Split Cake with Strawberry Sauce

The bananas

Always use ripened bananas like the ones in the photo above.
I had two bunches of leftover banana when I made this recipe. The one of the left is what I would consider a small banana and the one on the right a large one. When I enter a recipe, I will always try to give the cup measurement vs. the banana size. The large one on the right was exactly ½ cup once mashed. It makes a difference to the flavour.

Hot Chocolate Mix for the chocolate part of the cake

Three evelopes of single serve 25g Carnation Hot Chocolate Mix (this is not a sponsored post) added to the ½ cup needed for the recipe. You could use any brand.

The rest of the cake is very straightforward, however I wanted to show a picture of how the chocolate goes into the bundt pan and doesn't go to the edges.

Austin & I were chatting as we were making this cake and I completely forgot to flour the pan after I greased it as you will see in the photo. I highly recommend using the flour because it prevents the cake from sticking.

banana split cake with strawberry sauce and dollop of whipped cream on white cake with cake in background on cake stand

Other great strawberry recipes you might like:

No-Bake Strawberry Cheesecake Parfaits

Strawberry Shortcakes – A Summer Delight

Banana Split Cake with Strawberry Sauce

1 from 1 reviews

Author: Sandra
Prep Time: 20 minutes
Cook Time: 60 minutes
Total Time: 1 hour 20 minutes
Yield: 12 servings 1x

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Description

This Banana Split cake is moist and has a beautiful texture. The fresh strawberries in the sauce are not cooked. Literally the icing on the cake.

Ingredients

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Cake batter

3 cups all-purpose flour

2 tsp. baking powder

½ tsp. salt

¼ tsp. baking soda

1 cup butter

1 and ½ cups sugar

1 tsp. vanilla

4 eggs

1 large banana, mashed (½ cup)

½ cup sour cream

½ cup milk

½ cup powdered hot cocoa mix (3 x 25g envelopes)

Strawberry Sauce

5 cups strawberries, fresh

1 cup water

¾ cup sugar

2 tbsp cornstarch

Instructions

Cake Batter

1. Preheat oven to 350F.

2. Grease and lightly flour 10 inch bundt pan.

3. In a large mixing bowl, stir together flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt.

4. In a separate bowl, or stand mixer bowl, beat butter, sugar and vanilla on medium speed for 1 minute until fluffy.

5. Add eggs one at a time beating for one minute after each.

6. In a separate, small bowl mash one large banana. Add in sour cream and milk.

7. Add dry ingredients and banana mixture to the sugar/butter mixture alternately, beating on low speed after each just until combined

8. Remove one cup of the batter in a small bowl and mix with the hot cocoa powder.

9. Spoon the light banana batter into prepared cake pan.

10, Spoon the hot cocoa batter on top in a ring. do not spread to the edges. Create a ring in the middle of the batter.

11. Bake in 350 F oven for 60 minutes or until cake tests done with a cake tester.

12. Cool cake on wire rack for 10 minutes.

Strawberry Sauce

1. Slice and chop strawberries.

2. Place 1 cup of the strawberries in a heavy-bottomed saucepan and add 1 cup of water.

3. Mash the strawberries.

4. Cook for 2 minutes.

5. Remove from stove stop and strain using a sieve , saving the juice in a small mixing bowl. Rinse out the saucepan and pour the strawberry juice back into the saucepan.

6. In a small bowl, whisk together sugar and cornstarch.

7. Whisk the sugar and cornstarch mixture into the juice in the saucepan.

8. Cook and stir until thickened and bubbly.

9. Reduce heat to low-medium and cook 2 minutes more.

10. Cool for 10 minutes, then stir in fresh, chopped strawberries.

11. Halve the remaining strawberries and stir into the sauce.

(May be stored in refrigerator)

To serve:

Slice cake and top with ½ cup of strawberry sauce. Top with a dollop of whip creamed (optional)

Notes

Dollop of whipped cream is optional.

To make whipped cream:

On medium-high speed of mixer or by hand mix:

1 cup heavy whipping cream