Banana Cake

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You Will Need (11 things)

Steps (23 steps, 60 minutes)

1. 1

   Gather all the ingredients - I'm using wholemeal flour because that's what I had to hand, but plain is fine
   Preheat the oven to 200C

2. 2

   Sift 10 oz (270g) flour into a large mixing bowl

3. 3

   Measure the cinnamon (1 heaped tbsp), bicarb (2 tsp) and salt (1/2 tsp)

4. 4

   Sift in the dry ingredients

5. 5

   Measure 4 oz (110g) sugar into a microwaveable bowl

6. 6

   Add the butter and microwave until partially melted (30 sec)

7. 7

   Beat together the butter and sugar with a knife......

8. 8

   ...until smooth

9. 9

   Add the eggs and beat in

10. 10

    Then the vanilla

11. 11

    Peel the bananas. The riper the better!

12. 12

    Mash the bananas into the mixture. The easiest (and messiest) way is to squeeze between your fingers.

13. 13

    Beat together with the knife to make a batter. Some small lumps of banana are fine, as long as there are no big bits.

14. 14

    Measure out a small amount of milk into a cup

15. 15

    Add the juice of 1 lemon and mix into the batter

16. 16

    Make sure the dry ingredients are evenly mixed

17. 17

    Grease a baking tin / muffin cases with butter, ready to go into the oven. (again, the best / messiest way to do this is with your fingers)

18. 18

    Pour the batter into the dry ingredients

19. 19

    Mix well with a wooden spoon.
    The lemon juice will react with the bicarbonate, so do this as quickly as possible

20. 20

    Pour into the cake tin / muffin cases and put in the oven.
    Bake for 40 min - 1hr, less for muffins.
    The cake is done when you can stick a skewer in and it comes out clean.

21. 21

    Remove from the oven and allow to cool for 10-15 mins

22. 22

    Turn out onto a wire rack and leave to cool completely.

23. 23

    "Where's my cake? I'm hungry!"