Tuesday, February 15, 2011

Nice & Easy Banana Cake

Cakes are essential fare for special occasions. Besides birthdays, we usually have cakes to celebrate joyous occasions such as anniversary, Father’s Day and Mother’s Day.
Today I would like to introduce one of the cakes that I like mostly, even though is a very simple cake, but I like it very much, Banana Cake.


Recipes → Nice & Easy Banana Cake
Ingredients :
180g butter/margarine
180g castor sugar, 2 eggs
4 ripe bananas, coarsely mashed to get 1 cup
1/8 tablespoon banana essence, optional
3 tablespoons milk, mixed with 1 tablespoon lemon juice
A (Sifted)
240g plain flour, 1 tablespoons baking powder
1 tablespoon baking soda
Decoration :
2 ripe bananas, sliced, 1/2 lime
To Prepare :
Cream butter and castor sugar till light. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
Mix in mashed bananas (pic 2), banana essence, sour milk and A till well-combined (pic 3,4)
Pour into a greased and lined 25cm x 15cm/10” x 6” loaf tin (pic 5,6) or paper cup (pic 7)
Squeeze lime juice over banana slices (pic 8), arrange banana slices on top of the cake as decoration (pic 9)
Bake in pre-heated oven at 180C for about 20-25 minutes till cooked and golden brown
Remove cake from the oven and leave to cool before serving

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