Banana Walnut Cake

Yesterday my friend (Mei Leng) had given me two bunch of bananas. She is having a chocolate fountain business and happen to have extra lots of banana. So I have decided to bake banana walnut cake instead of the normal plain banana cake which you can buy from "pasar malam" (night market).













Banana Walnut Cake Recipe

500g Butter
400g caster sugar
8 eggs (AA)
3 tsp vanilla essence
700g banana (ripe & mashed)

Sift
500g self raising flour
1 ½ tsp double action baking powder
1 tsp salt

Combine and set aside (optional)
160g UHT fresh milk
2 tbsp lemon juice

120g walnuts (coarsely chopped and toasted)

Prepare and line 7 loafs (3" x 7") tins and preheat oven to 190°C

Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Then add in eggs one at a time and mix well. Stir in mashed banana and vanilla essence. Fold in sifted dry ingredient. Add in combined milk and lemon juice mixture and lastly walnuts. Milk and lemon juice mixture is optional. I have tried baking one portion without the milk mixture yet it taste good and of course it is not so moist.

Pour into prepared loaf tins weight 400g each (7 loaf). Bake at190°C for 20 minutes, then reduce to 170°C and continue to bake for 25 minutes . Test with a wooded skewer or until cakes shrink away from sides of tins. Remove from oven and turn it out onto wire rack to cool.

I use a serrated knife to slice the cake while it is still hot. It taste good when it is hot and the top is still crispy.

Have fun and be happy! ♥