Banana Cake

8 ingredients
10 steps

Ingredients

  • 100 g self-raising flour, sifted
  • 100 g butter or 100 g margarine
  • 75 g caster sugar
  • 2 small eggs, beaten
  • 1 teaspoon lemon juice
  • 12 teaspoon vanilla essence
  • 1 banana, mashed (Mash it just before adding to the cake mixture to avoid discoloration)
  • 1 pinch cinnamon (optional)

Directions

  1. 1
    Cream the butter and sugar with a wooden spoon until light and creamy.
  2. 2
    Add the eggs gradually to the creamed mixture, beating the mixture with each addition until all the egg is added.
  3. 3
    Note: add the egg a little at a time and mix well to prevent it from curdling.
  4. 4
    Fold in the flour with a metal spoon until the cake mixture is of a dropping consistency.
  5. 5
    Add the vanilla essence, lemon juice, cinnamon powder and mashed banana.
  6. 6
    Mix well.
  7. 7
    Pour the cake mixture into a greased loaf tin.
  8. 8
    Bake in the middle shelf of a preheated oven at 180 degree Celsius/ Gas Reg.
  9. 9
    5 for 25-30 minutes .
  10. 10
    Note: To save time, use an electric hand whisk for creaming the cake mixture.

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