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Banana cake
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This lovely banana cake is a fabulous way to use up any leftover bananas.
Ingredients
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270g – soft brown sugar
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200g – very ripe bananas, mashed (the riper the better)
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280g – plain flour
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1tsp – baking powder
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1 tsp – ground cinnamon
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1 tsp – ground ginger
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2 – eggs
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140g – unsalted butter, melted
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23x13cm loaf tin
Method
- Preheat the oven to 170°C.
- Put the sugar and eggs in a freestanding electric mixer with a paddle attachment and beat until well incorporated, then mix in the mashed bananas.
- Sieve the flour, baking powder, baking powder, cinnamon and ginger add to the mixture. Mix thoroughly until all the dry ingredients have been incorporated into the egg mixture.
- Pour in the melted butter and beat until all the ingredients are well mixed.
- Pour the mix into a prepared loaf tin and smooth over with a palette knife. Bake in a preheated oven for about 1 hour or until firm to the touch and a skewer inserted in the centre comes out clean.
- Leave to cool before turning out.
- Serve warm or try toasting in a panini grill and spread with a maple butter.
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