banana butter cake

If you like butter cakes, you will like this banana butter cake.

The secret is to use overripe bananas because they are very sweet.

The aroma of the butter mixed with the bananas when the cake is baking in the oven is simply heavenly.

INGREDIENTS

2 large overripe bananas
180g self-raising flour
250g butter (softened)
110g castor sugar
4 eggs
1 tsp banana essence

METHOD

1. Preheat the oven to 180 degrees celsius.

2. Grease and line the bottom of an 8" round cake pan with baking paper. Grease and flour the sides of the cake pan.

3. Mash the bananas in a bowl. Set aside.

4. Sift the self-raising flour in a bowl. Set aside.

5. Cream the butter and sugar in a bowl using an electric mixer until light and fluffy.

6. Add the eggs, one at a time, mixing well with each addition.

7. Add the banana essence and the bananas. Mix well.

8. Fold in the flour using a wooden spatula and stir until blended.

9. Pour into the prepared cake pan and bake for 45 minutes or until a skewer inserted in the middle of the cake comes out clean.

TIP

When you are baking butter cakes, do use a better brand of butter so that the cake is more aromatic. I use SCS butter whenever I bake butter cakes.