Banana Cake

This recipe has been adapted from a recipe found on Sunset Food - Veronica Pape's great-grandmother's moist banana cake.

Ingredients:

1. 2 Large Eggs
2. 1 cup Granulated Sugar
3. 1 cup Sour Cream
4. 1 cup Mashed Ripe Banana (approx. 2)
5. 1 tsp Vanilla
6. 2 cups All-purpose Flour
7. 2 tsp Baking Powder
8. 1 tsp Baking Soda
9. 1/2 tsp Salt
10. 1/4 tsp Ground Cinnamon
11. 1/8 tsp Ground Ginger
12. 1/8 tsp Ground Cloves
13. 1 tsp Coffee (espresso or instant coffee)
14. Icing Sugar

Method:

1. Mix eggs, sugar, sour cream, bananas, and vanilla essence in a large mixing bowl until well blended.
2. In another bowl, stir together flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, ginger, and cloves.
3. Stir flour mixture gradually into banana mixture, ensuring both mixture blend well.
4. Transfer banana cake batter into a buttered baking tray.
5. Bake at 350° in the oven for approximately 35mins, or until top springs back when gently pressed. To check, insert a wooden stick or skewer in the center, and the skewer comes out clean.
6. Dust with icing sugar before cutting up the cake to serve.

Hint:

1. The coffee acts as a camouflage to the baking soda taste in the cake.
2. For those without a convection oven, you can use aluminium foil to cover the top of the baking tray and bake for approximately 20mins, then remove foil to bake a further 15mins until cake is ready.