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Easy Banana Cake

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Easy Banana Cake

An easy banana cake you can make without an electric mixer. Here's a reliable method using a whisk or hand beater—try the recipe and tell us what you think.

Total time105 min
Prep25 min
Cook80 min
Yield8 servings
DifficultyMedium
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Recipe tags

DessertsInternationalVegetarianNut freeMediumLong cook

Recipe story

Easy banana cake... the banana flavor is very pronounced in this drier-style cake. Try this simple recipe.

Ingredients

  • 4 ripe bananas
  • 2 level tsp baking soda
  • 1 cup plain yogurt
  • 1/2 cup vegetable oil
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 1/2 cups brown sugar
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 3 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 tsp ground cinnamon
  • 2 tsp baking powder
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • For more cakes from here try Marble Cake
  • Get the recipe for Banana Cake with Custard

Method

  1. In a bowl, mash the bananas with a fork until smooth.
  2. Add the yogurt and baking soda to the bananas, stir and set aside.
  3. In a second bowl, combine the sugar, eggs, vanilla and oil and whisk well with a whisk or handheld mixer until the sugar dissolves.
  4. In a third bowl sift the flour and add the cinnamon, baking powder and salt, then mix.
  5. Begin mixing the sugar mixture with the bananas and beat with a whisk, then gradually add the flour and stir.
  6. Preheat the oven to 180°C.
  7. Pour the batter into a pan greased with butter and dusted with flour.
  8. Put the pan in the oven and bake for a full hour at medium temperature; place it on the middle rack and monitor.
  9. Remove it from the oven and let it cool well at room temperature before serving.
  10. Hana Mousa Naama
  11. For more cakes, here is the marble cake.
  12. Get the method for banana cake with custard.

Notes and serving ideas

  • Marble Cake
  • Banana Cake with Custard
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