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Banana Cake

Added on Wed Jul 16 2008

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The Basics

• Dish: Dessert and Sweets
• cuisine: Other
• Serves: 12
• Prep Time: 0hrs 15 mins
• Cooking Time: 1hrs 10 mins

Ingredients

• 3 tbsp margarine
• ½ cup caster sugar
• 3 large chopped bananas
• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla essence
• 1 cup self-raising flour
• 1 cup wholemeal self-raising flour
• 190ml buttermilk
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•  ICING
• ¾ cup caster sugar
• 1 tbsp lemon juice
• 3 teaspoons boiling water

Method

1. Preheat the oven to 180°C/350°F

2. Lightly grease a round cake pan, lining the base with baking paper

3. Beat the margarine, sugar and bananas until the mixture is combined and banana is almost smooth

4. Then add the eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition to stir them in. Then beat in the vanilla in a similar fashion

5. Mix the two cups of flour in the bowl, making sure they mix evenly. Pour in the milk

6. Stir the mixture well but if it is over beaten, the cake will be tough

7. Pour the cake bater into the pan and bake the cake for 70 minutes. Check the cake's cooking progress by inserting a skewer into the centre of the cake; if it comes out clean, the cake is cooked

8. Allow 5 minutes cooling time in the pan before taking the cake out of the cooking pan and allowing it to cool fully on a wire rack

Icing:
Wait until the cake is fully cooled before icing the cake.
Sift the iing sugar into a bowl before adding the water and lemon juice. Only add enough water to make a thin icing: leave it to set after spreading the iing before serving.

NUTRITIONAL INFORMATION: 231 Calories, 41g of carbohydrates, 5g of protein, 5g of fat