Banana Cake
This delicious banana bread recipe combines the sweetness of ripe bananas with warm spices, plump raisins, and crunchy pecans. Perfectly moist and flavorful, this banana bread is a comforting treat that is sure to please your taste buds. Enjoy a slice with a cup of tea or coffee for a delightful snack or breakfast!
— Constant Cookbook
Ingredients
- 6 very ripe bananas
- 125ml/4½fl oz vegetable oil
- 115g/4oz butter
- 335g/11½oz caster sugar
- 4 free-range eggs
- 450g/1lb plain flour
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 1 tbsp ground cinnamon
- 1 tsp ground cloves
- ½ tsp salt
- 225g/8oz raisins
- 225g/8oz pecans
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 200C/400F/Gas 6. Grease and line two medium (or three small) loaf tins.
- Mash the bananas and vegetable oil together in a bowl and set aside.
- In a separate mixing bowl, cream the butter and sugar together until pale and fluffy. Beat in the eggs, one at a time, then stir in the mashed banana mixture until well combined.
- Mix the flour, baking powder, ground spices and salt together in another bowl and lightly fold into the banana mixture. Add the raisins and pecans and fold together lightly.
- Spoon the cake mixture into the loaf tins and bake in the oven for 1½ hours, or until risen and golden-brown. Check after one hour and reduce the oven temperature slightly if the loaves are browning too quickly on the top, or cover the loaves loosely with aluminium foil.
- Leave the banana bread to cool in the tins, then turn out and serve in thick slices.
Cook Time
2H
Prep Time
PT30M
Yield
Makes 2 loaves
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