Buttermilk banana cake

Ingredients

Serves : 12 

• 2 bananas, broken into chunks and mashed
• 250g sifted plain flour
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 3/4 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 100g margarine
• 300g caster sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 4 tablespoons buttermilk
• 470ml whipping cream, whipped to a stiff peak

• Directions

  Prep:30min  ›  Cook:35min  ›  Ready in:1hr5min 

  1. Preheat oven to 180 C / Gas 4. Grease and flour two 23cm round cake tins. Sift together flour, baking powder, bicarb and salt; set aside.
  2. In a large bowl combine the margarine, sugar, eggs and vanilla. Beat well and blend in the buttermilk. Add sifted flour mixture alternately with mashed banana to the egg mixture, while beating. Pour mixture into prepared cake tins.
  3. Bake cake for 30 to 35 minutes. Remove from tins and cool on wire racks. Fill and ice the cake with whipped cream.

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