Name: Banana Cake
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 60 min
Total time: 65 min
Ingredients: 2 ripe bananas (ideally overripe); 170 g self-raising flour; 170 g caster sugar; 170 g soft margarine; 3 eggs; Few drops of vanilla essence (optional)

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Banana Cake

A really tasty banana cake which is a great way to use up any overripe bananas

Prep Time5

Cook Time1

Total Time1 5

Course: Cake

Ingredients

2 ripe bananas ideally overripe
170 g self-raising flour
170 g caster sugar
170 g soft margarine
3 eggs
Few drops of vanilla essence optional

Instructions

Preparatory tasks

Preheat the oven to 160 C
Line a loaf tin with greaseproof paper
Thoroughly mash the bananas
Place all the ingredients in a mixing bowl
Mix to a smooth consistency

Baking

Pour the mixture into the prepared baking tin
Allow it to settle for a minute
Bake for 60 minutes (until an inserted skewer comes out clean)
Remove from oven and leave to cool on a wire rack

Based on http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/7380/banana-cake

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