I love to bake for a crowd. Picnics provide me with the perfect excuse to try baked goodies on a larger scale. For this week’s hiking trip I wanted something easy, filling and portable. My banana maple cake is a tried and tested recipe. It has never falied me so far and you can expect similar results if you choose to give it a try. Recipe adapted from The Australian Women’s Weekly Cookbooks.
BANANA MAPLE CAKE
Ingredients:
2 cups self raising flour
1/3 cup plain flour
1/2 tsp sodium bicarbonate
1/2 cup firmly packed brown sugar
1/4 cup maple flavoured syrup
1 cup over-ripe bananas, mashed
1 cup buttermilk or yoghurt
1/3 cup vegetable oil
1 tsp Ducros Allspice
1/2 cup raisins, soaked
Method:
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Preheat oven to 350oF. Grease and line a 9″ round springform pan with baking paper.
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Mash bananas in a bowl. I used 5 medium sized ones. Use those with brown/black skin if you can find them.
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Sift dry ingredients in a large bowl. In another bowl, mix buttermilk, oil and maple syrup.
- Add bananas and mix thoroughly for about a minute. Fold banana mixture into dry ingredients.
- Add raisins or nuts to batter if you like. Coconut is also nice. Spoon batter into prepared pan.
- It will be of dropping consistency. Bake for 60-75 minutes until skewer in centre comes out clean.
- Remove from oven and cool to room temperature on a wire rack.
Note:
You can double this recipe to make a larger cake. I like to make 2 separate cakes – one with eggs and one for vegans and ppl with egg-allergy. You can hardly tell the difference! If you want to use eggs, reduce the banana to 2/3 cup and add 2 medium eggs to the maple syrup-buttermilk-oil mixture. If you dnt like raisins and spice, you can very well omit them in favour of dark chocolate chips.
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November 4, 2011 at 3:37 pm
dkm
Happy to find this recipe—has the ingredients I have on hand today—just what I was looking for—will let you know how it turns out—thanks!
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