Banana Cake 2 (oil)

Get the oven turned on and warmed up first to 180C. Grease a 20cm cake tin.

Mix the oil and sugar to a paste. Add the eggs one at a time and beat each one into the mixture. Add the smashed bananas and stir through.

Separately stir the baking soda into the very hot milk until it dissolves and pour the milk into your mixture. Then sift in the dry ingredients.

Don't over mix - just fold it all through and then pour it out into the cake tin.

Take a good swig of your tinny and then chuck your future cake into the oven for a good first half of rugby plus the Haka. Around 45 - 50 minutes depending on your oven.

Top Tip:

You know the milk is hot enough if - when you add the baking soda - it reacts like a chemistry experiment and sends froth half way up the cup.

 

Banana Cake 2 (oil) - what do you reckon?

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  • Made this twice now. Both times fabuloso. Off to buy more bananas

    Posted by Pat, 11/09/2011 3:32pm (5 months ago)

  • Hi Simon, if you are finding it dry, it's been in the oven too long! Try this to test for 'doneness.' Take a meat skewer and poke it into the middle of the cake. It should come out clean with no cake mixture sticking to it - bit like checking the oil in your motor? Test from about 30 mins until you work out what a good time is in your oven and then just go with that in the future... Hope that helps!

    Posted by Patrick, 21/08/2011 7:30pm (6 months ago)

  • I followed the recipe impeccably and my cake is tasty but too dry... what did I do wrong?!
    Was it too much flour? 2 cups (500g?) is way more than other banana cake recipes I've found, but if it worked for other people then i must have stuffed up :o(

    Posted by Simon, 24/07/2011 5:54pm (7 months ago)

  • Just made this cake - it's
    Awesome!

    Posted by Cam, 25/06/2011 10:49pm (7 months ago)

  • That's the dumbest thing I've heard of in a long time. Get the baking soda to fizz like crazy then put it into the cake.
    Same as reving the car in Park until it's almost out of gas then start driving to the other side of town.

    Posted by wizarddrummer, 21/06/2011 1:43pm (8 months ago)

  • Brilliant and easy.....

    Posted by Kerstin, 15/05/2011 7:31pm (9 months ago)

  • B.ewe.T.full!!! The boys demolished it all straight outta the oven. No icing necessary just a hot black coffee and they were away laughing. Easy as to make, done in under an hour so cheers to you BwB now I can unshackle myself from the oven and go chain myself to the vacuum ;)

    Posted by -The Wife-, 27/01/2011 11:32pm (1 year ago)

  • Wow Wow Wow

    I am no baker but pulled this feat off and looked like a professional. I used a ring tin, choc icing with coconut on top.

    Compliments all round. I have NEVER been able to bake, but this lovely moist cake will be trotted out over and over again.

    Posted by Marion, 14/01/2011 8:21am (1 year ago)

  • Fabulous cake we all loved it

    Posted by Jan, 01/10/2010 9:59pm (1 year ago)

  • beauty! though I would add some walnuts the next time around..

    Posted by shriv, 01/07/2010 9:38pm (2 years ago)

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