Banana Cake Recipe

Beautifully moist, quick to make and full of fruity flavour, this is a simple banana cake recipe.


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You can’t get much more banana-y than this fruit-crammed easy recipe, one to remember when you find you have a whole bunch of bananas in the bowl which have mysteriously ripened overnight and are crying out ‘Eat me!’ Grated citrus rinds add a bit of zest, but don’t worry if you don’t have an orange or lemon to hand, they aren’t crucial.

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This moist cake keeps well for 2-3 days in an airtight container. You can make it in a loaf tin for slicing, or drop spoonfuls of the mixture into muffin cases to make individual cakes. It's also a very popular cake for lunch boxes.

Healthy Banana Cake Recipe

Ingredients

75g (1/3 cup) softened butter
110g (1/2 cup) unrefined (golden) caster (superfine granulated) sugar
1 large beaten egg
225g (2 cups) plain wholemeal (all-purpose) flour
2 level tsp baking powder
grated rind of 1 orange and 1 lemon (optional)
4 ripe bananas
50g (1/2 cup) chopped walnuts

Method

  • Grease and base-line a loaf tin measuring 8.5 by 19cm (1 lb capacity), or set 12 paper muffin cases into a muffin tin. Heat the oven to 350F/180C/gas 4.
  • Put butter, caster sugar and egg into a bowl. Sift in flour and baking powder. Using an electric mixer, whisk until thoroughly combined. Add the grated lemon and orange rind if using.
  • Slice the bananas into another bowl, and mash to a pulp. Add to the flour mixture, along with the walnuts and whisk again thoroughly.
  • Spoon the mixture into the tin or cases and bake until risen and browned, and springs back when pressed with a finger. A loaf takes about 50 minutes. Muffins take 15-20 mins.
  • Leave cake to cool in the tin for 10 minutes before turning on to a wire tray.

Making these simple cake recipes is easy, and the results taste far better than anything you could buy in a shop. For other banana cakes, see:
Healthy Banana Bread
Banana Nut Bread Recipe.

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