BANANNA ALMOND CAKE

BANANA ALMOND CAKE

I love the trio:- ripe happy yellow bananas, evenly browned almonds and cake! I don’t bake a lot or let’s say this is the first time I actually baked since I left India! I wanted to make a cake which was easy to make, did not have too many complicated steps and ingredients so that I wouldn’t feel bad if it did not turn out right.

To make this cake one can use any kind of nuts, almonds, pecans, walnuts, pistachios.Adding dates are also a good idea if you want it to be a bit chewy.

I want to try a cake made out of whole wheat flour and see how it tastes. For this particular cake I have used unbleached all purpose flour.

This cake turned out nice and moist and dense. It definitely satiates your pang to eat something sweet but at the same time is not overbearingly sweet. Bananas and almonds add a health factor to cake eating! It can sit nice and fresh in an airtight container for up to 5 days provided it is not over first!

Ingredients

• 1/3 cup softened unsalted butter
• ½ cup baker’s sugar
• 1 large beaten egg
• 2 cups all purpose flour
• 2 level tsp. baking powder
• 4 ripe mashed bananas
• ½ cup chopped almonds (or nuts of your choice)
• 1tsp vanilla extract

Method

1. Grease a 9” x 13” inch cake tin. Set the oven to 350F/180C.
2. Whisk together butter, sugar and egg. Sift in flour and baking powder. Whisk again to combine. Always add dry ingredients to wet ones.
3. Add mashed bananas, vanilla extract and almonds to the above mixture and combine well.
4. Spoon the mixture in the cake tin and bake for approximately 40 mins.
5. To check whether completely done, the cake should spring back when gently pressed and should look nice and brown and leave the sides of the cake tin.
6. Let cake cool completely before turning it onto a plate.

It is difficult to say for how many people this cake is meant for. Well, depends on how big a cake lover you and your family size!

I would say this cake is sufficient for 4 people.