Banana Cake/Bread (as some people want to point out)

The Spotted D*ck! xD

The over ripen banana dilemma is a sad thing. Not if you know what to do with it. I have a few good recipes for ripe bananas or call for ripe bananas. These recipes uses items that you should have readily available in your kitchen cabinet if you cook and if you don't, it's okay to stock up on these items you never know when you may need them again.

What the banana cake looks when sliced.

Banana Cake

120 grams Butter (you can use salted or unsalted)
1 cup of sugar (reduce if you don't like things too sweet, I reduce about 3 tablespoons)
2 Large eggs
1 large very ripe banana (smashed about 150-200 ml)
1 tsp vanilla sugar or vanilla essence
1 1/4 cup of sifted flour (any plain flour will do)
3/4 teaspoon of baking sofa
1/2 teaspoon of salt (omit if using salted butter)

Method:

Cream the butter and sugar until fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Stir in vanilla to the mashed banana mixture before pouring it into the creamed butter-sugar mixture. Mix well with beater (about 30 seconds would do) Mix all dry ingredients together and sift to the banana mixture. Mix on low speed to prevent flour from exploding all over the kitchen. Pour into a greased loaf pan or a 9x9x2 inch pan. Bake at 180 degrees C for 30 -35 mins. You can test it with a toothpick, if the stick comes out clean it's ready to be removed from the oven. Allow to cool for a few mins and remove the banana cake/bread from the pan and enjoy warm. If you like you can add a dollop of ice-cream or vanilla pudding. It's just amazing!