Ingredients of Banana Cake
How to make Banana Cake
Step 1 Preheat the oven at 180 degree Celsius
To prepare this delicious tea cake recipe, preheat the oven at 180 degree Celsius. Take a loaf pan and line it with butter paper. If butter paper is not available, smear with oil or butter. Once done, take a little dry flour and dust the pan with it.
Step 2 Cream the butter and sugar for the batter
For the cake batter, sift together all-purpose flour, salt, and baking soda in a large bowl. Keep this bowl aside until required. Now, take a large bowl and add unsalted butter in it along with brown sugar and white sugar. Using an electric beater, beat together all the ingredients until light and fluffy.
Step 3 Prepare the batter
Once the butter-sugar mixture is creamy, add egg, one at a time and then beat well once again. Afterwards, peel the bananas and add them to the mixture as well. Beat once again. Now, add the flour mixture to this bowl along with buttermilk, and beat one last time to make the batter. Make sure that no lumps are remaining. Once the batter is ready, add chopped walnuts in it and stir using a spoon.
Step 4 Bake the Banana Cake for 20-30 minutes in a preheated oven
Transfer this cake batter in the greased pans and put them in the preheated ovens. Bake these banana cakes for about 20-30 minutes. After half an hour, take out the pans and let the cake cool at room temperature.
Step 5 Cut and serve
Cut into pieces and serve warm with tea/ coffee. Do try this recipe, rate it and leave your valuable comment in the section below.
Tips
- If you don’t have buttermilk, add 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice or you can use white vinegar to a bowl. Then add 1 1/2 cups of whole milk (at room temperature) to the bowl and st…
- Toast the nuts in butter before you toss them into the batter. This will make the cake more flavoursome.
- If you have a few extra bananas left, slice them and toss them in a frying pan with honey or sugar and cook until they are caramelised. You have a delicious topping ready!
- Add cinnamon, cardamom and nutmeg to the cake for extra flavours.
