Brilliant Banana Cake

Name: Brilliant Banana Cake
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 1 h 15 min
Yield: 12
Cuisine: International
Ingredients: 140 g margarine; 140 g caster sugar; 2 eggs; 140 g self-raising flour; 1 tsp baking powder; 1 tsp ground cinnamon; 125 g sultanas; 1 tsp vanilla extract; 2 bananas (very ripe); 50 g Icing sugar; 2 tsp lemon juice; 1 tsp water

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Aaron Paul

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"This is my favourite cake-style snack to have whenever; amended from BBC Good Food’s Banana Loaf! Top Tip: Lightly Coat the Sultanas in Flour before adding to Stop them from Sinking."

Difficulty

Easy 👌

Preparation

20 min

Baking

45 min

Resting

10 min

Ingredients

2Servings

23⅓ g

margarine

23⅓ g

caster sugar

⅓

eggs

23⅓ g

self-raising flour

⅛ tsp

baking powder

⅛ tsp

ground cinnamon

20⅞ g

sultanas

⅛ tsp

vanilla extract

⅓

bananas (very ripe)

8⅓ g

Icing sugar

⅓ tsp

lemon juice

⅛ tsp

water

Utensils

2 ovens, loaf tin, stand mixer with whisk, whisk, wooden spoon, 2 sieves, bowl, skewer, wire rack, teaspoon, metal spoon

Step 1/5
- oven
Heat Oven to 180C/160C fan/ gas 4.
Step 2/5
- loaf tin
Butter a Bread Loaf Tin all the way around.
Step 3/5
- 23⅓ g margarine
- 23⅓ g caster sugar
- ⅓ eggs
- 23⅓ g self-raising flour
- ⅛ tsp baking powder
- ⅛ tsp ground cinnamon
- 20⅞ g sultanas
- ⅛ tsp vanilla extract
- ⅓ bananas (very ripe)
- stand mixer with whisk
- whisk
- wooden spoon
- sieve
- bowl
Cream the butter and sugar until light and fluffy, then slowly add the eggs with a little flour. Fold in the remaining flour, baking powder, bananas, cinnamon, raisins and vanilla essence.
Step 4/5
- loaf tin
- oven
- skewer
- wire rack
Pour into the tin and bake for about 30 mins (I recommend 45 - 50 minutes) until a skewer comes out clean. Cool in the tin for 10 mins, then remove to a wire rack.
Step 5/5
- 8⅓ g Icing sugar
- ⅓ tsp lemon juice
- ⅛ tsp water
- sieve
- teaspoon
- metal spoon
(Optional) Mix the icing sugar with 1 tsp of water and 2 tsp of lemon juice to make a runny icing. Drizzle the icing across the top of the cake and enjoy!
Enjoy your meal!