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Banana Cake

The most delicious banana cake with a dark chocolate topping.

Prep Time
15 mins
Cook Time
15 mins
Total Time
1 hr 5 mins
Servings: 10
Course: Dessert , Snacks
Cuisine: British

Ingredients

  • 3 eggs large
  • 200 g / 7oz Golden castor sugar
  • 2 tsp vanilla sugar
  • 140 g / 5oz Plain flour
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 115 g / 4 oz Butter melted and cooled
  • 1 ripe Banana or 1.5 black bananas mashed
For Topping
  • 100 g / 3.5 oz Dark Chocolate
  • knob of butter

Instructions

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  1. Pre-heat the oven to 175ºC.
  2. Grease and flour a loaf tin (dimensions 21.6 cm wide, 11.4 cm deep, 5.5 cm height).
  3. Whisk eggs, sugar and vanilla sugar until pale and foamy.
  4. Blend flour and baking powder together and fold into mixture alternately with melted butter.
  5. Then fold in the mashed banana.
  6. Put in a loaf tin and cook in the centre of the oven for about 50 minutes or until the cake springs back when prodded.
  7. Leave to cool for a few minutes and then turn out onto a wire rack to fully cool.
  8. Make the chocolate topping by melting the chocolate and butter in a small glass bowl over a pan of barely simmering water, stirring until melted.
  9. Scrape the chocolate out of the bowl and onto the cake with a spatula.
  10. Use a palette knife to spread the chocolate evenly over cake.
  11. Allow to set (we have never managed to wait this long though)!

Notes

  • Melt the butter first in a microwave on a low heat for less than a minute. Cover your dish with a plate in case of splatters!