Two bananas have slowly been turning blacker and blacker on the top of my fridge. Now my flatmates are always happy when they see this happen as they know exactly what it means, it’s banana cake time!
My friend Claudia is the person who originally gave me her banana cake recipe but it’s different every time I make it now. I’ve realised it doesn’t really matter how much of anything you put in it as long as you have walnuts, cinnamon and honey.
This is a really healthy cake and is perfect for breakfast or an afternoon snack. I’m going to guess the weight of the ingredients I used, but please feel free to change them.
What you will need:
2 very ripe bananas (the blacker the better)
3 tbl of honey
50 grams of melted butter
150 grams of flour
½ tsp of baking soda
2-3 eggs
A big handful of walnuts
1 tbs of cinnamon powder
(you can also add raisins)
Pre-heat your oven to 180C. In a large bowl add the bananas and mush up with a fork and add in all the ingredients, there really is no order. You just need to make sure that you mix in the baking soda with the flour. Mix everything together with a spoon.
I usually use my bread tin but I couldn’t find it last night, instead I used a small ceramic oven dish and it rose more than it usually does, I’m definitely going to use that again.
Butter your dish and slightly powder it with flour, add you batter and leave in the oven for about 20 – 30 minutes depending how moist you want your cake.
PS: If your batter is too dry you can add a little milk
Have fun and let me know how yours goes.
Mel
Mel and Joy cook 
I know a lot of folks who don’t eat eggs (they’re allergic, for health reasons, or concerns about animal cruelty). Here’s an awesome site that gives tips on cooking and baking without eggs: http://EggFreeLiving.com
This looks really good and something that my son might enjoy. After reading this Mom’s Guide (http://www.1dental.com/moms-guide/), I started taking better inventory of what I feed him: way too much sugar and processed food. I know sugar is bad for dental health but didn’t realize the effects on overall health as well. Thanks for the recipe!
Thanks! It is really healthy but also tastes really good 🙂 It’s also one that your son can probably help you with as it’s really easy to make. YOu can also be inventive and add all sorts of things, for example raisons or different kinds of nuts… Let us know how it goes.