Best ever banana cake-seriously, I bake a lot, I know this is true! (4 Comments)

Posted in Desserts by fiveallmine on March 4th, 2010

Recipe: Banana Cake

Summary: Truly the best-moist and yummy!!

Ingredients

  • 2 and a half cups flour
  • 1 tbsp b soda
  • 1 pinch salt
  • 1/2 cup butter or marg
  • 1 cup white sugar
  • 3/4 cup brown sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 4 ripe, mashed bananas
  • 2/3 cup buttermilk (add vinegar to reg milk to make this)
  • 1/2 cup walnuts (optional)

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (180 C). Grease and flour two, 8 inch round pans.
  2. Mix flour, b soda and salt in a small bowl and set aside.
  3. Cream butter and sugars until fluffy.
  4. Beat in eggs one at a time.
  5. Add bananas.
  6. Add flour mixture to cream mixture, alternating with buttermilk.
  7. Pour into prepared pans or muffin tins and  bake 30 mins or until center is set. This cake is so moist it may not look obviously set. Test it frequently with a toothpick or knife.

Meal type: dessert

My rating:5 stars: ★★★★★

All 7 of us loved this cake.  Delicious with cream cheese icing, chocolate or vanilla, or plain!

4 Responses to “Best ever banana cake-seriously, I bake a lot, I know this is true!”

  1. wcm Says:
    March 4th, 2010 at 9:38 pm

    Please leave out the walnuts when you make me a batch. :-)

  2. fiveallmine Says:
    March 4th, 2010 at 10:01 pm

    Actually I was thinking fudge and cookies would do better in the mail for you!!!

  3. Yvonne Barber Says:
    May 31st, 2010 at 9:17 pm

    we all loved it, I will add this recipe to my cake flavour options … it is a nice heavy cake so it will work great with fondant … thanks so much!!

    Oh, I haven’t make banana cake in years cause it never works for me… but this turned out perfect.

  4. fiveallmine Says:
    May 31st, 2010 at 10:01 pm

    isnt it awesome!!!!!did you try it with cream cheese icing??Im salivating at the thought!

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