Quick Banana Cake - Perfect for Beginners
What icing will you choose?
Equipment
- 23cm x 23 cm x 5cm cake pan
Ingredients
Banana Cake
- 2 tbsp milk (30 mls)
- ½ tsp baking soda
- 125 grams softened butter
- 1¼ cups sugar (250 grams)
- 1 tsp vanilla essence
- 2 eggs
- 3 ripe bananas
- 1 tbsp lemon juice
- 1½ cups self raising flour (225grams)
Chocolate Icing
- 2 cups sifted icing sugar (powdered sugar) (250 grams)
- 2 tbsp cocoa
- 2 tbsp melted butter (30 grams)
- 2 tbsp boiling hot water
Lemon Icing
- 2 cups sifted icing sugar (powdered sugar) (250 grams)
- 2 tbsp melted butter (30 grams)
- 1 lemon (juiced)
- boiling hot water (if needed to make a smooth consistency)
Instructions
Banana Cake
- Preheat the oven to 170℃ fan bake.
- Begin by dissolving the baking soda in the milk in a small cup.
- Prepare a square tin.
- Cream the softened butter, sugar and vanilla until light and fluffy (walk away and do a small task - it is best when forgotten about).
- Add the eggs one at a time - mixing well after each additon.
- Mash the bananas and add them to the mixture, along with the lemon juice. Mix until smooth.
- Add in the baking soda and milk.
- Next fold in the self raising flour.
- Pour the batter into the prepared tin and bake for 35 minutes until a skewer comes out clean. Allow to cool for 15 minutes until turning out onto a wire rack to cool completely.
- Once cool, ice the cake.
Chocolate Icing
- Mix the icing sugar, cocoa and melted butter in a small bowl.
- Add the boiling water one tablespoon at a time, mixing well after each addition (you may not need all of it - or you may need a little more).
- Mix well until you have a smooth (but not too runny) texture.
Lemon Icing
- Mix the icing sugar, lemon juice and melted butter in a small bowl.
- If the consistency is too thick, add a little boiling water until you have the consistency you would like.