Feeds
4
Prep
10 mins
Cook
40-45 mins
Ingredients
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3 ripe bananas (if the bananas are small, use 4)
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1 cup sugar
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½ cup cooking oil (canola or sunflower)
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2 cups self-raising flour
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½ teaspoon salt
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1 teaspoon cinnamon or mixed spice (optional)
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Butter or margarine for greasing the
cake tin
Extras
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1 cup chopped walnuts or choc chips (or a mixture of both, but no more than 1 cup)
Let’s get cooking
Step 1
Turn on the oven and set to 180°C. Grease a medium sized cake tin with butter or margarine.
You can use a round cake tin that is about 23 cm (9 inches) across, or a loaf tin that is about 23 cm x 12 cm (9×5 inches).
Step 2
In a big bowl, mash the bananas really well, getting out as many lumps as you can (to mash the bananas, you can use a fork, a potato masher, or even electric beaters).
Step 3
Add the sugar, oil and spices to the bananas and mix together well with a large spoon.
Step 4
If you are adding walnuts or choc chips, add them now.
Step 5
Gradually mix in the flour and salt. Don’t beat the mixture too much – just stir until the flour has mixed in (if you beat the flour too much, the cake may not rise very well).
Step 6
Pour the cake mixture into the greased cake tin. Make sure the mixture is spread evenly in the tin.
Step 7
Bake in the oven for 40-45 minutes. You will know the cake is ready if you put a skewer into it and it comes out clean (with no uncooked cake mix stuck to it).
Step 8
Take the cake out of the oven and let it cool for about 10 minutes before turning it out of the tin.
Lovely on its own, or spread with butter.
