Banana Cake

By á-1073

Traditional banana cake from Trinidad

Ingredients

• 2          cups all purpose flour
• 2          tsp. Baking soda
• 1          tsp. baking powder
• 1/4       tsp. salt
• 4          oz. unsalted butter
• 1 1/3     cups sugar
• 4          eggs
• 3          ripe bananas, mashed (11/4 cups)
• 1/2       cup milk
• 1/2       tbs lime juice

Details

Servings 8
Preparation time 30mins
Cooking time 60mins

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350F

Line and grease a 9 inch by 3 inch round pan.

Combine milk and lime juice, let stand for 10 minutes until curdled.

Sift the flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt.

Cream butter with sugar on medium speed until creamy.

Add eggs one at a time beating well between additions.

Puree the bananas with the curdled milk and vanilla.

Beat the dry ingredients into the butter mixture alternately at medium speed in two additions.

Scrape batter into the prepared pan and bake for one hour until a wooden pick comes out clean.