Banana Brulee

Banana Chartreuse

Banana Cake

ingredients

2 or 3 very ripe bananas
1 teaspoon lemon juice
1 stick (8 Tbsp)4 oz (100 g) butter or margarine
1/2 cup (100 g) 4 oz caster sugar (superfine granulated)
2 eggs, beaten
2 cups (225 g) 8 oz self-raising flour
lemon icing (optional)

method

1. Mash the bananas with the lemon juice.

2. Cream together the fat and sugar, then beat in the eggs followed by the bananas.

3. Sift the flour and mix into the banana mixture.

4. Turn into a greased 15 x 20 cm (6 x 8 inch) cake tin and bake in a moderately hot oven 200‚°C (400‚°F) Gas Mark 6 for 40 to 45 minutes.

5. Cool on a wire rack.

6. If you like, ice the cake with a lemon icing, but it is very nice plain.

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21 reviews

Serves

posted by debra @ 02:04PM, 8/25/08

This reciped doesn't tell you how many it serves

Timing all wrong

posted by djcookin @ 11:16AM, 10/25/08

Tried and failed twice to make a decent cake from this. I followed it to the letter for the first attempt (using 3 bananas) and ended up with crispy coated mush, so I used two bananas and reduced the heat to 180c and even after an hour, the outside was burnt and the inside was still too soft. Maybe this isn't a recipe for fan assisted ovens, but this was a big dissappointment.

NO ICING!!

posted by Elgini @ 11:30AM, 11/03/08

It says in the recipe to add icing if you want, but the icing completely ruins the cake! My advice is to leave it plain, or if it's a bit dry, to add a bit of water while creaming together the fat and sugar ect.

Lemon curd!

posted by Lola @ 05:09AM, 11/10/08

I made this and it was gogeous, I would recommend slicing and serving with lemon curd so people can have as much or as little topping as they like. Mine did burn on the outside but was very light inside so I think it was just me getting used to a new oven.

Burning on the outside!

posted by Adelle @ 09:19AM, 11/11/08

200 C for a cake is a bit high....maybe turning the oven down would help. i always turn the oven down to maybe 180'C and then it cooks right through. then just turn the oven off and leave in the oven to be a little firmer in the middle if needed.

Too Much Flour!

posted by Cherry, Buxton @ 02:47PM, 11/27/08

I have a different recipe which uses 100g of flour but also has my added ingredients of baking power, mixed spices and a dash of milk.

makes a beautiful banana cake!

Add more moisture

posted by Sally - Yorkshire @ 10:45AM, 12/09/08

Found this recipe to be really easy, even for my four year old to help with. I added some milk and it was gorgeous. Did turn down heat after 30 mins.Yum!

All went well

posted by lisa orger @ 07:28AM, 1/07/09

Can i just say that when making this cake everything went really well and when the cake was cooked it tasted great as well

Easy to make!

posted by Jackie Short @ 12:11PM, 2/04/09

My 13 year old daughter made this with no help and it turned out lovely. Used 3 bananas though as 2 didn't seem enough.

Excellent Result

posted by Dorothy Taylor @ 12:38PM, 2/12/09

Took note of readers' comments, used 2 and a half bananas, added 1 teaspoon baking powder to self raising and, also using a fan oven, baked at a temperature of gas mark 5 equivalent.

Easy to make... but what will it taste like ?

posted by Richie (Bath uk) @ 01:49PM, 3/16/09

Researched some recipes on line (am I allowed to say googled ?) and they were all so complicated until I found this one...... easy to make, although I was tempted to turn down the heat a touch as I was concerned it would not cook through.

Looks great, smells great, appears to be cooked and was so easy to make... however cant try it until my wife and daughter come home !

Perfect cake

posted by steven lawson @ 06:02PM, 3/18/09

This cake tasted great although I did put in 3 bananas as 2 didnt seem enough, this tasted great sliced with a thin layer of chocolate spread on it.

Yum!

posted by Nutters @ 11:01AM, 3/24/09

Made this cake but as fan oven reduced temp to 160, added a couple of teaspoons of baking powder and it's just perfect. Not burnt just Yummy.

Great tasting cake

posted by Molly Armstrong @ 03:54PM, 4/01/09

I made this cake for the first time and thought it was really easy. I did turn the oven temperature down and put some foil on the top of the cake during cooking otherwise it would have probably burned. It kept really fresh and moist for several days and my husband keeps asking when am I going to make another.

Loved it =]

posted by A bbey young @ 01:59PM, 4/06/09

It was really easy and tasted awesome ;)
wooo making it again!!!!

Very Easy

posted by hh @ 05:47PM, 4/23/09

Quick, easy and gorgeous - what mare could you ask for.

No problem whatsoever!

posted by Nanny Owen @ 04:10PM, 5/17/09

I cooked the cake at the specified temperature for 45 mins and it was perfectly cooked. I did however cook it in a 7" round cake tin. My husband tells me its a lovely cake! Those with a fan oven need to remember to reduce the temperature as they cook much hotter.

Banana Cake

posted by Katy @ 07:57AM, 6/01/09

I live in Thailand and have an abundance of bananas, but no oven, can I make this in a microwave? The microwave also has an Oven option but really don't know if this works the same as a normal oven.

Temperature

posted by Terry Wood @ 04:01PM, 7/21/09

It is imperative for a successful cake of any type to use 160°c in a fan assisted oven. I have made many cakes over the years and found that too high a temperature and too long a cooking time is not good. Yes the turbo oven in the combination micro-wave works perfectly. Use mine most of the time, as an alternative to the Butane gas oven.

Temperature and chocolate

posted by Helen @ 05:52PM, 7/25/09

Followed the above temperature instructions and added a few squares of good quality dark chocolate cut into small pieces - Lovely !!

Great

posted by tanya @ 07:52PM, 8/17/09

Very very easy recipe..it turned out to be very delicious i enjoyed with chocolate ice cream...yummy :-)

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