Wednesday 19 September 2012

The Best Banana Cake

In my opinion this is the best banana cake you will ever make!  I have tried all kinds of banana cake/bread recipes over the years.  Sometimes they are rubbery in texture, or too crumbly or too damp.  This one is just right.  Delicious eaten warm from the oven;  it tastes even better a day or two after baking.

The Best Banana Cake (the rubbing in method)

Ingredients:
250g white self-raising flour
A pinch of salt
1 tsp grated nutmeg
100g unsalted butter
125g light soft brown sugar
100g raisins
2 large ripe bananas
1 egg
Demerara sugar for sprinkling

Method:
Pre-heat the oven to 180C/gas mark 4.  Grease and line a large loaf pan with greaseproof paper or baking parchment.

Sift together the flour, salt and nutmeg into a large bowl. Cut the butter into small pieces and rub into the flour mixture until it resembles breadcrumbs.  Mix in the soft brown sugar and raisins.

In a separate bowl mash the bananas and mix with a beaten egg.  Add the banana mix to the flour/butter mixture and beat together with a wooden spoon until combined.

Spoon mixture into loaf pan and sprinkle over * demerara sugar.  Bake for about 50 minutes until cooked through.  Leave in the pan until cool.

*Do not omit the demerara sugar.  It adds a lovely crunch to the finished cake.

10 comments:

  1. Your cake looks and I'm sure it tastes delicious. I'm printing the recipe to try it very soon, I never really much liked banana flavoured food but have baked banana cakes once or twice now and I'm getting to love it especially for breakfast.

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  2. Mmmmm, thanks for sharing Simone.
    Straight from the oven with a cup of tea, that does sound good! :)
    Vivienne x

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  3. I'm just back from my lunch break and in a desperate need for a dessert..this is just perfect and absolutely low-calorie, LOL!
    I need to wipe off the drool from my keyboard now!
    x

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  4. Yummy. Like you, I've had mixed results with banana cake in the past.

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  5. looks delicious, I have not made banana loaf for ages!
    xxx

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  6. Looks deliscious - I doubt if I could keep it 2 or 3 days!

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  7. Mmm ... looks delicious and I have some bananas developing little black spots in my fruit bowl - I think your recipe is just the way to use them:)

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  8. Dear Simone,

    Thank you so much for this banana cake recipe. Being a fan of banana cakes I will be trying this one out and thinking of your whilst baking it.

    I feel sorry I missed the last few posts. Please know Simone that you are not alone.

    Stephanie

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  9. Delicious! I love banana cake:) Thank you for sharing this lovely recipe, Simone.
    Helen x

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  10. I just made this cake - amazing - thank you

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