This special banana cake is one I have been making since I was a little girl, learned from my Grandma
I was blessed to know my wonderful Grandma into my early 20’s until she passed from Cancer. She was a Wife to a Sheep Farmer, a Mother to seven, a Grandma to 21 and by now would be a Great Grandma to lots & lots of Great Grandchildren!
She was very special to me and some of the fondest memories I have of her are baking and preparing meals for her family & grandchildren and I am delighted to have many of her recipes, passed on by my Mum who was her eldest daughter.
This is one of the first recipes I made as an adult and continue to make often to this day always with her in my heart.
Whenever bananas go past their best I pop them in the freezer – you can then get the bananas out a few hours before you need them, or you can even thaw them in the microwave if you are pressed for time – they don’t look great but they taste amazing in baking!
It is such a simple recipe and can be made into a cake or muffins, it’s lovely, light and moist and freezes well.
The method is lovely and simple, creaming together the butter and sugar, adding the mashed bananas, eggs. There is an interesting technique with the milk is heating it to add the baking soda to create a frothy mixture.
I have always made this one in a ring tin, which is not as common any more but it is so lovely, also reduces the cooking time and just feels nostalgic to me.
The cake takes around 25 to 30 minutes to cook, allow it to cool in the tin for around 10 minutes before carefully transferring it to a wire rack to cool completely before icing
Ice cake once cooled – store in airtight container. You can freeze the un-iced cake for up to 3 months.
Ice with any icing you desire – chocolate or vanilla is nice. I usually do my basic vanilla icing for this cake. I have found that icing with vanilla icing is not as common as chocolate or lemon but it is definitely the flavour I prefer here.
If you love Banana Recipes I have lots, some of my favorites are listed below, but so many more to be found by searching Banana on my page
Banana & Coconut Muffins
Double Chocolate Banana Loaf
Delicious Banana Bread
Best Banana Choc Chip Muffins
Onto my recipe for Grandma’s Banana Cake
Grandma's Recipe - Banana Cake
Delicious banana cake, so easy to make
Ingredients
- 112 grams Butter
- 168 grams White Sugar
- 2 Eggs, medium
- 2 Ripe Bananas, mashed
- 2 Tablespoons Hot Milk
- 1 teaspoon Baking Soda
- 224 grams Plain White Flour
- 1 teaspoon Baking Powder
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 200C Bake
- Prepare a 23cm round, square or ring tin with either baking paper or greased well with butter or cooking oil spray and set aside
- In a food mixer or with an electric beater and a large bowl add the butter and sugar and whip until smooth and creamy, approx 4 minutes.
- Add the eggs and mashed banana and beat in well.
- Heat the milk in the microwave in a small bowl or cup for 10-13 seconds until hot – then add 1 teaspoon of baking soda and mix until frothy and add this to the mixture and blend well.
- Add the flour and baking powder and mix until just combined
- Put batter into a greased cake tin and cook for 25-30 minutes until the cake springs back to the touch or a skewer or knife comes out clean.
- Remove from the oven and allow to cool for 10 minutes before carefully transferring the cake to a wire rack to completely cool before icing
- Ice with your choice of a simple vanilla, chocolate or lemon icing
- The cake uniced freezes beautifully too. Freeze sealed well for up to 3 months.
- Enjoy!
Notes
Basic Vanilla Icing
2 Cups Icing Sugar, sifted
1 tsp vanilla essence
1 tsp melted butter
Small amount water
Combine the icing sugar, vanilla & butter into a bowl and mix well. (Sift icing sugar if not smooth, or whisk to remove lumps) Carefully add a teaspoon of water at a time to the mixture until you get the desired consistency.
Nutrition Information:
Yield: 16 Serving Size: 1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 164Total Fat: 6gSaturated Fat: 4gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 2gCholesterol: 36mgSodium: 163mgCarbohydrates: 25gFiber: 1gSugar: 12gProtein: 2g
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Happy Baking! Anna xo
Chanelle says
Very fussy child loved this thank you have done a few of your recipes they r all great
Lindsey says
I made this today & it’s lovely, it took a lot longer to cook in my loaf tin & I had to cover it in foil for a bit to stop the top from burning but it cooked lovely & I don’t think I’ll get chance to ice it as it’s almost gone already
justamumnz says
Oh yes it would have been lovely in a loaf tin so I don’t blame you for never icing it – especially if warm! 😀 Thanks for trying my Grandma’s recipe 🙂
Lucy says
Delicious! I love lemon icing on banana cake.
justamumnz says
Ooh yes, that would be perfect 🙂
Just a Mum says
Reblogged this on Just A Mum and commented:
Baking this weekend and dealing with some less than pretty bananas – and this is top of the list – LOVE this recipe, let me know if you give it a try 🙂
nickilewis65 says
Looks so yummy!