Sweets and Treats

Serves 10-12

Prep time 15 mins.

Cooking time 40 mins.

Festive Banana Cake with frosting

Festive Banana Cake - reprinted with permission from Antigone Apeitos - Enjoy

Ingredients

Amount Convert	Ingredient
2/3 cup	vegetable oil
1/2 teaspoon	McKenzie's Whole Cloves
3/4 teaspoon	McKenzie's Ground Nutmeg
1 1/2 teaspoons	McKenzie's Ground Cinnamon
1 teaspoon	salt
1 1/4 teaspoons	McKenzie's Bi-Carb Soda
1 1/4 teaspoons	Ward's Baking Powder
2 cups	sugar
2 1/2 cups	plain flour
2/3 cup	buttermilk
1 1/4 cup	mashed bananas
2	eggs

	FROSTING
2	egg whites
1 1/2 cups	brown sugar
5 tablespoons	water
1 teaspoon	vanilla essence

Directions

Step 1

Pre-heat oven at 180 degrees celsius.

Step 2

In a large mixing bowl, sift together flour, sugar, Ward's Baking Powder, McKenzie's Bi-Carb Soda, salt, McKenzie's Ground Cinnamon, McKenzie's Ground Nutmeg and McKenzie's Whole Cloves (previously ground).

Step 3

Add oil, buttermilk and mashed bananas. Mix togther until all dry ingredients are wet.

Step 4

Beat on low speed for 2 minutes. Add the eggs and beat for a further 1 minute.

Step 5

Bake in 2 well greased 25cm cake tins for approximately 40 minutes or until skewer comes out clean. Let cool in tin for 5 minutes and then cool on wire rack.

Step 6

FROSTING: Combine egg whites, brown sugar and water in a saucepan and mix over low heat stirring constantly. Remove from saucepan when sugar has disssolved and beat mixture with a beater at high speed for about 5 minutes or when mixture is thick enough to spread. Add vanilla essence whilst beating.

Step 7

For an extra special touch - top the cake with sliced banana and drizzle some melted chocolate along the top. Yummy!

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