- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Spray 2 8 or 9 inch round cake pans with cooking spray.
- In mixing bowl, blend together dry cake and pudding mixes with hand mixer, until no large lumps remain.
- Add other ingredients, Beat with mixer on low for 1 minute, scrape down sides of bowl, mix on medium for 2 minutes.
- Pour batter into prepared pans, try to have even amounts in pans, smooth out tops.
- Cake is done when toothpick inserted in center comes out clean, 32-40 minutes
- Cool on wire rack for 15 minutes.
- Remove from pans and cool completely, split each cake lengthwise
- Make Vanilla syrup by heating water and sugar, without stirring, until mixture just comes to a boil. Cool then add vanilla
- Make ganache by heating the cream just to a boil, and completely dissolving the coffee into it. Pour the hot mixture over the chocolate, stir until smooth and add vanilla.
- Assemble cake by putting one layer on a serving platter, brush it with some syrup, spread it with 1/4 of ganache, place 1 sliced bananas atop, brush on more syrup, cover with cake layer, repeat steps with other cake, then frost with chocolate frosting , decorate as desired.