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Banana cake ©️ Nel Brouwer-van den Bergh

Banana cake

Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 50 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 10 minutes
Course Dessert, pastry
Cuisine American
Servings 10

Ingredients
  

Ingredients for the cake

  • 6.2 oz (175 g) whole wheat flour
  • 2 oz (55 g) oat flour
  • 3.6 oz (100 g) unsalted butter
  • 3.6 oz (100 g) brown sugar
  • 2 tsp baking powder or baking soda
  • 1/2 tsp cinnamon powder
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 3.6 oz (100 g) walnuts
  • 2 eggs
  • 3-4 defrosted bananas
  • 1/3 oz (9 g) vanilla sugar optional
  • 2 tbsp yoghurt
  • 3/4 cup butter milk or yoghurt optional

Instructions
 

Making the cake

  • Mix the flours, salt, vanilla sugar if using, baking powder and/or soda, cinnamon powder together
  • Mash the banana's with a fork
  • Mix the sugar and the butter and beat the mixture until creamy
  • Add the eggs to this sugar/butter mixture and mix briefly
  • Then add the pureed bananas to the above and the yoghurt and mix. When using add more yoghurt or buttermilk in this step
  • Subsequently add the dry pre-mix and carefully mix, until the flour mixture is well mixed and has absorbed the moisture.
  • Finalize with adding the partially broken walnuts
  • Let the mixture stand for 15 minutes and pre-heat the oven till 350 F (180 C)
  • Then butter the cake or pie form with some butter or vegetable oil
  • Fill the form with the banana dough and place in the middle of the oven
  • Check color after 40 min and the target cooking time is 45-50 minutes
  • Take the cake out when done and let it cool down. In dry environments, you can cover with a piece of parchment paper, but do not close it off completely.

Notes

Method: Oven baking (but also steaming can be used)
Food allergy & intolerance information: gluten, eggs, nuts
Keyword banana, cake