Banana Cake

This is a delightful cake and easy to make too.  The bananas and cinnamon give it a unique flavour and the crunch of the walnuts make each mouthful a treat.  No one likes bananas when they get slightly over ripe.  What better use to put them to than bake a banana cake!

Ingredients:

2 eggs
1 cup self raising flour
3/4 cup powdered sugar
2 tbsp honey
3/4 cup butter
1 tsp vanilla essence
2 tsps cinnamon powder
1/2 cup walnuts
2 ripe bananas

Method: Whip eggs and add vanilla essence and honey to it.  Sieve flour. Chop walnuts. Mash bananas. Powder the sugar. In case you dont have cinnamon powder take whole cinnamon and pound it and then sieve it for use or use mixer to make powder.

Now in a bowl add the powdered sugar and butter.  Mix well till it becomes a creamy mixture. Next add the eggs and flour alternately. Add the cinnamon powder. Lastly add the bananas and walnuts dusted with flour. Incorporate into batter gently. Pour into greased and flour dusted tin or baking dish. Garnish with few walnuts. Bake in a preheated oven at 180 degrees C for 25 mins or till a toothpick inserted in the cake comes out clean.

If you are new to baking remember always to preheat the oven before baking anything.  Another useful tip is to take out eggs, butter etc from fridge a little while before you start assembling the cake so that they are at room temperature when you need them.  Once the cake is baked, dont leave it in the baking dish but remove and let it cool on a wire rack.