Banana Cake
After trying many things with my limited resources here, I have been trying my luck with cakes these days. Before coming here, I knew only two types of cakes, one is the simple egg cake and the delicious date cake. I will post the recipes of these two soon.I had thought that preparing cake is very difficult and long procedure. But now I think it is as simple as any other dish. But still I can not make the fabulous looking cakes that we get in bakery. I hope one or the other day I will succeed in making them too.
Recently I had lot of ripe bananas at home. So I cooked all possible dishes with them. This cake was one of them.
Ingredients:
Banana 1
Egg 1
All purpose flour 1 cup
Baking soda 1 tea spn
Sugar 3/4th cup
Butter 1/2 cup
Cashew nuts 1 tbl spn
Salt 1/4th tea spn
PS: If you use ‘baking powder’ instead of ‘baking soda’, cake becomes a bit harder.
Method:
Sieve together flour and soda. Keep it aside.
Beat sugar in butter till it becomes a smooth paste. Then add egg and beat again.
Now add mashed banana and mix well. Add this mixture to flour and mix slowly.
Add some cashew nuts if desired.
Bake in a greased vessel for 40min at 350F.
Makes : 8 pieces
Preparation time : 1 hr(Including baking time)
I also dont know to make the bakery cakes Shilpa..I’m very much interested in learning them..
BTB ,ur banana cake looks delicious!!
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Do we have to melt the butter for the banana cake???
Shilpa: Archana, you need not melt the butter. Just keep it outside the refrigerator for around an hour so that it comes to room temperature. Then use it, so that the sugar can be easily mixed with it.
hi shilpa,,,i tried for several times to bake a good cake but none of my tries was success.i am very glad to have your site and i tried your simple cake.it was really very delicious and soft.now,i try your recipes with full confidence.and very thankful to you.can you help me if i ask you the recipe of anyother dish.
Shilpa: Fahad, thanks for feedback. Please put your request in “recipe request” page. If I know the recipe, I will surely post it.
Your simple cake recipe was simply superb!! The first time I baked a cake and your recipe turned out great! Thanks for the simplicity.
I tried simple egg cake recipe. The dough raised in the oven..but towards end of baking the middle of the cake came down….can you tell me how to rectify this problem…I used 1/4 tsp baking soda for egg cake.
Shilpa: I think the oven temperature was too low. Sometimes that causes the sunken centers. There are other reasons too, but since the recipe is tried and tested many times, I feel the temperature might be the problem. Also please follow the recipe exactly, if you want, reduce the measurements proportionately.
Can u suggest some recipes for eggless cakes???
Hi pls. let me know how to make it with microven, thanks
Hi Shilpa,
I tried this cake and it was fabulous. But i want to ask u onething, when i turn the cake upside down on a plate the lower side becomes moist after cooling and the cake sticks to the plate. Any tip on this?
Shilpa: Sorry, as of now, don’t have any tips to prevent this. Will find out.
Hi..I tried out the banana cake and it came out superb..
Thanks for your great recipe! there’s one thing though – after i have a slice I can feel a tinge of the soda. I guess I need to use a little less baking soda? I used just abt a teaspoon.
Thanks again!
Shilpa, Thanx for the recipes….one query…in some cakes u used baking soda and in some baking powder…what is the difference and for which cakes u shud use soda
Hi Shilpa,
i love to try out different types of cakes, but each time i get a different texture. I’ve got this new microwave, but it can be set only upto 220 deg. max. Can u tell me how to go about for the simple egg cake or the banana cake.
Thanks anyway for the recipes. really interesting ones.
hi shilpa,
tried banana cake was tasty.thanks for the recipe.can we prepare this cake eggless?
Hi Shilpa! I rely appreciate ur effort, for teaching young ones most esp young girls on how to become good mother. But i also’ve a ? Will 1 banana and 1 egg enough for that amt of flour? And what does cashew nut do on the cake.
Hey Shilpa,
I am a regular at your site and have tried many of your recipies before and they have all come out great!
I was in the mood to bake a cake today and your banana cake recipie is a hit!!!
You have a wonderful collection of recipies
Can you please post the recipie for Khaman dhokla?
Thanks a ton,
Swetha
HI shilpa
I love u r blog. I learning so many recipes. Even my husband is also happy with new receipes.
I triedyour simple cake. I have one doubt that should i beat the batter with eggbitter or put into the mixer.
which is the good way to perfect the soft cake.
shilpa: Use egg beater. Do not use mixer for it.
Simple and wonderful recipe. Turned out to be very delicious than the bakery ones.
Hi Silpa,
I have tried ur date cake as well as this one.. but everytime the bad luck happening is that only the top portion of the cake bakes well and bottom part remains the same dough.. I have tried with exact measurements and temperature. dont know why this is happening.. please advice how to solve this issue..
Shilpa: kEep in the middle rack of oven. Also, try baking for a little longer on little low temperature.
Hi Shilpa ,
Really i am impressed by your collection & your hard work in maintaining a very very useful & interesting site . hats off to you for all the mouth watering
yummy recipes . please continue to keep up the good work .
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