banana and cheese cake

I do not know what came over me when I baked this cake. I was planning to bake a banana cake. However, as I was preparing the ingredients for the cake, I decided to do a little experiment and bake a "yin yang" type of cake, that is, one containing sweet and savoury ingredients. I ended up adding mashed bananas and grated cheddar cheese to the batter. Guess what? The cake turned out nice and it was not overly sweet nor overly savoury. It had a hint of custard texture, like the durian custard cake, although it is more cake-like.

INGREDIENTS

1 large overripe banana (mashed)

50g cheddar cheese (grated)

1 cup and 2 tbsp plain flour

1/2 tsp baking powder

1/2 tsp ground cinnamon

1/8 tsp salt

125g butter (softened)

1/2 cup brown sugar

2 eggs

1/4 cup milk

METHOD

1. Preheat the oven to 165 degrees celsius.

2. Grease and line a loaf pan with baking paper. Set aside.

3. Mix the mashed bananas and grated cheddar cheese in a bowl. Set aside.

4. Sift the plain flour, baking powder, ground cinnamon and salt in a mixing bowl. Set aside.

5. Cream the butter and brown sugar in a large mixing bowl. Add the bananas and grated cheddar cheese and mix well.

6. Add 1 egg to the butter mixture and mix well. Repeat with the other egg.

7. Add the flour mixture and milk, alternating in 3 portions.

8. Check the consistency of the batter. If it is too stiff, add a little more milk.

9. Bake for 50 minutes or until a skewer inserted in the middle of the cake comes out clean.