Banana Cake Recipe

Ingredients:

• 2 cups self-raising (self-rising) flour
• 1/2 cup soft margarine or softened butter
• 3/4 cup caster (superfine granulated) sugar
• 2 beaten eggs
• 3 bananas, peeled
• 1 cup dried fruit

Makes a 2lb (900g) cake

Directions:

Banana Cake Recipe

• Pre-heat the oven to 350F.
• Oil and base line a 2lb loaf pan
• Put all the ingredients except the dried fruit into a food processor and blend until well mixed
• Take the food processor bowl from the base machine, remove the processing blade and stir the dried fruit into the mixture.
• Spoon the cake mix into the pan
• Bake for around 1 hr 20 minutes, or until a fine knife blade inserted into the cake comes out clean.
• Check the cake after 1 hr 10 minutes and if necessary cover with a piece of foil to prevent the top from burning
• Leave until cool, then turn out of the tin.

This banana cake keeps well in an airtight tin for 2-3 days, or refrigerate it for up to 7 days.

For a banana nut cake, substitute chopped walnuts for some or all of the dried fruit, and scatter some over the top of the cake before baking.

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