Spiced Banana Cake, with Ginger.

So, we have a ‘Banana Cake’ thing going on at the mo,
(more details of why & where in due-course)
but for posterity, here’s the recipe.

Ingredients for our Spiced Banana Cake, with Ginger;

• 200g self-raising flour
• 1.25ml bicarbonate of soda
• 2.5ml Salt 
• 75g Unsalted Butter (If you’ve salted butter don’t add the salt above)
• 150g caster sugar (for a different dark cake, use dark sugar!)
• 2 beaten eggs
• About 4 bananas (~450g if weighed with skin)
• Mixed spice
• Crystallised Ginger – chopped.

Instructions

1. Heat oven to 180°C.
2. Grease & line with baking paper a small loaf tin.
3. Mix the flour, bi-carb & salt together.
4. Peal and mash the bananas.
5. Cream the butter and sugar together.
6. A little at a time, mix in the eggs and some flour mixture.
7. Add as much mixed spice and chopped crystallised ginger as you fancy.
8. Stir in the remaining flour and mashed banana.
9. Pour into your lined tin & bake for 60-75 mins or until a knife comes out clean.
10. Cool for a few minutes before turning onto a cooling rack.

Nice!

As mentioned, the reasons for our Banana Cake adventures will be released in due-course.

For other cobbled together recipes (many Cornish), search ‘recipes’.