21 October 2010

Nice & Easy Banana Cake

This is a really simple and yummy banana cake. I made some of these to share with my colleagues and they really like it and many kept asking me for the recipe.

This recipe can be made into regular size cupcakes or mini cupcakes. My 3 years old son loves them in mini size and he can easily finished 5 minis at a go!

Ingredient

180g Salted Butter
180g Caster Sugar
2 Eggs
4 Ripe Bananas, coarsely mashed to get 1 cup
1/8 tsp Banana Essence (Optional)
3 tbsps Milk mixed with
1 tbsp Lemon Juice

(A) Sieve together
240g Plain Flour
1 tsp Baking Powder
1 tsp Baking Soda

Decorations
2 Ripe Bananas, Sliced
1/2 Lime


Method
  1. Preheat oven to 180°C. Grease & lined a 25cm x 15cm / 10" x 6 " loaft tin or prepare cupcake pan with liners.
  2. Cream butter & caster suger till light & fluffy.
  3. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition
  4. Mix in mashed bananas, banana essence, sour milk and (A) till well combined. Do not over mix.
  5. Pour into a greased loaft tin or paper cups if you're making cupcakes.
  6. Squeeze lime juice over banana slices and arrange it on top of the cake / cupcake as decoration
  7. For loaft cake & regular size cupcakes, bake for about 15-25 minutes till cooked, golden brown & skewer comes out clean.
  8. For mini cupcakes, bake for about 10-15 mins until skewer comes out clean.
  9. Remove cake from the oven & leave to cool before serving