Simple Banana Cake Recipe

Step 1

Measure out all ingredients and bring to room temperature.

Step 2

Lightly grease the cake pans and line with baking paper/parchment paper. Set pans aside and preheat oven at temperature of 175C /gas mark 4 or 160C for fan oven.

Step 3

Add the banana in a bowl and mash with fork or mixer till pureed. Set aside.

Step 4

In a mixing bowl, add butter and sugar then use stand or hand mixer to mix till batter is light and fluffy.

Step 5

Break eggs in a seperate bowl one at a time (incase you have a bad egg, it wouldn’t have ruin the cake mix).

Step 6

Pour the whisked eggs in the butter and sugar mixture. Pour in the mashed bananas and mix with the mixer for few minutes till incorporated.

Step 7

Add flour in the batter and mix with spatula. Fold in till incorporated. Pour cake batter in lined cake pans and put in pre heated oven.

Step 8

Bake at temperature of 170C for 40 minutes or till cake tester comes out clean.

Step 9

Turn cake onto cooling rack and leave to cool.

Step 10

Enjoy or move to the next step to frost

Step 11

Add butter in a mixing bowl and mix with electric mixer for about 5 minutes before adding sifted icing sugar.

Step 12

Mix till light and fluffy then use to fill and frost cake.