Thursday 19 June 2008

Ginger Banana Cake

Ingredients
2 - 3 very ripe Bananas
1 Egg
125 gms SR Flour
75gms Margarine or softened Butter
100gms Demerara sugar plus 1 spoonful for sprinkling
i teasp Ground Ginger
1 teasp Cinnamon
1 teasp Mixed Spice
1 teasp Baking Powder
100 gms Crushed Walnuts
100 gms Raisins
pinch Salt
Method
Preheat oven to 160C.
Grease and/or line loaf tin
Mash bananas, then add beaten egg to this mix in a bowl.
Sift the flour into a big mixing bowl, then add all the ingredients including the banana mix sifting the dry ingredients.
Using hand-held electric whisk, mix until all smoothly mixed together.
Stir in nuts, then raisins with knife at the end, pour into the loaf tin.
Lightly sprinkle demerara sugar over the top of the mixture and place in oven for between 1hr 15 mins and 1hr 30 mins, checking after 1hr 15 mins.
Allow to cool in tin on rack for 10 mins then remove and allow to finish cooling on rack.

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