Banana Cake

Banana Cake

  • Nut free
  • Vegetarian

  • Prep: 5 mins

  • Cook: 60 mins

  • Serves: 8

Ingredients

  • olive or canola oil spray
  • 1/2 cup margarine
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 2 cups self-raising flour
  • 3 ripe bananas, mashed
  • 2 apples, grated
  • 1/2 cup reduced-fat milk

Variations

Make this recipe gluten free by simply swapping out the flour for a self-raising gluten free variety. 

Method

  1. Preheat oven to 180°C (160°C fan forced).
  2. Spray a cake pan with oil.
  3. Beat the margarine and sugar with a whisk until creamy.
  4. With a whisk beat in one egg at a time until they are mixed in well.
  5. Sift the flour into the mixture and stir gently.
  6. Add bananas, apples and milk to the mixture and stir until just combined.
  7. Pour the mixture into the greased pan and bake for 50-60 minutes or until just golden and a skewer inserted into the middle comes out clean.

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Nutrition information

per serving per 100g
Energy 1546.8 kj 756.9 kj
Protein 7 g 3.4 g
Fat, total 12.8 g 6.3 g
— saturated 3.1 g 1.5 g
Carbohydrate 55.6 g 27.2 g
— sugars 28.6 g 14 g
Sodium 321.6 mg 157.3 mg
Fibre 3.7 g 1.8 g