Bad Bananas, as in really ripe and brown, are truly bad for me. I keep forgetting to give bananas to the kids when they are 'perfect' looking and then the kids don't want to eat them because they don't like brown bananas. The browner they get the guilter I feel, until eventually I take pity on them and make a wicked banana cake out of them that we all love, but my figure does not. lol.
So for those who forget about bananas until it's too late, and for those who love a wicked banana cake here's the recipe. It's from Jo Seagar's book, All Things Nice.
Moist Banana Cake with Lemon Icing
125g butter, softened
1 cup white sugar
2 eggs
3 bananas mashed
2 teaspoons baking soda
2 tablespoons hot milk
2 cups of flour 1 teaspoon baking powder
Preheat the oven to 180 degrees C. Cream the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add the eggs one at a time, mixing well after each addition. Stir in the mashed bananas and mix well. Stir the baking soda into the hot milk and add this to the mixture. Lastly, fold in the flour and baking powder.
Pour into a well-greased 20-30cm tin with base lined with baking paper. Bake for 45-50minutes, until the cake springs back when lightly pressed. Cool for 15 minutes in the tin, then carefully turn the cake out and cool it completely on a wire rack. Ice with lemon icing when completely cool.
Lemon Icing
2 tablespoons lemon juice
1 teaspoon butter
2 cups Icing sugar
1 teaspoon grated lemon rind
Heat the lemon juice and butter and stir until the butter has melted. Mix all the ingredients together to reach a smooth, spreadable consistency (add a few drops of water if it is too firm).
This cake will do my 4 kids at home and myself for 3 servings each. (ie, 12 servings). It's gone down a treat at parties too.
