banana cake

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have just seen the "yummy yummy in my tummy" bit of nickjr and it was the banana cake one again, and it does look yummy yummy.

Does anyone have a recipe for a yummy banana cake??

Banana loaf Grease and line a loaf tin. Sift 8oz self-r flour + 1/2 teasp salt into mixing bowl. Add 4oz butter, cut into small lumps. Stir in 6oz castor sugar, 4oz suktanas or raisins, 1 oz chopped walnuts and 4oz washed glace cherries. Peels and mash 3 large bananas and stir in. Then break in 2 eggs and stir in well. Bung into loaf tin. Bake at 180/gas 4 for about 1-1-1/4 hours. Delish! have made this lots of times. Nice with or wothout butter, cut into slices.

(In response for your bread bag help )

i just do a basic sponge mix, 6ozs sugar (can use either white or a light brown one), 6ozs unsalted butter, 6ozs self raising flour, 3 eggs, 1tsp vanilla essence, 1tsp baking powder, 3 mashed bananas, bake for 45mins

Sounds lovely, might try it tomorrow. What if I wanted to put bran in it (all bran), would I leave out some of the fruit - kids not fussed on cherries...

I rarely use the cherries.

Do always put in the dried fruit though.

Feel inspired, will make one today I think!

oooh sassy that sounds nice. What sized loaf tin do you use? I only have 2lb ones and I think they may be too big.

Don't know about lbs. My book says 9x5x3 size but I always make 2 smaller loaves and freeze one.

9x5x3 sounds like a 1lb loaf tin. Will give it a go later anyway as I have some bananas that need eating up. Have just made Marsy's lemon drizzle cake though, so we might be caked out for a bit!!

can i leave the walnuts out, we're not keen on nuts, should i put anything else in instead. I love banana cake

Course you can!

Course you can!