Banana Butter Cake

Photo: flickr user Zoonie

Ingredients

vegetarian

9 mediums bananas mashed

250 grams selfraising flour

2 level teaspoons baking powde

100 grams butter softened

200 grams caster sugar

2 eggs

Preparation

Grease and line two 450g loaf tins with greased greaseproof paper.

Measure all the ingredients into a bowl and beat until smooth.

Spoon half of the mixture into each tin.

Stand the tins on the grill rack in the lowest position in the large roasting tin.

Slide on to the lowest set of runners in the roasting oven with the cold plain shelf on the second set of runners.

Bake for about 45 minutes turning halfway through if necessary until pale golden and a skewer comes out clean when inserted.

Slide on to the lowest set of runners in the baking oven and bake for about 45 minutes until pale golden and a skewer comes out clean when inserted.

Check half way through cooking.

If the cakes are too brown slide in the cold plain shelf on the second set of runners.

Cool in the tins before removing.

Serve warm or cold.

This is an excellent way of using slightly over ripe bananas the ones that sit in the fruit bowl and everyone avoids! This mixture makes two fairly shallow loaf cakes. It is very similar to butter almond cake but with the flavour of bananas instead o f almonds.

Makes 2 loaf cakes