Simple Banana Cake
Turn overripe bananas into a delicious cake
Ingredients
- 1 cup White Sugar
- 1/2 cup Butter unsalted
- 4-5 ea Bananas Ripe, mashed
- 1/2 cup Pecans Chopped, or walnuts
- 2 large eggs
- 1 tsp Baking Soda
- 1 tsp Vanilla Extract
- 1/2 tsp Salt
- 1/2 cup Raisins Bourbon Soaked, OPTIONAL
- 1 tsp Cinnamon Ground Optional
- 2 cups AP Flour
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.
- Grease and flour a 9-inch round pan.
- Cream together sugar and butter in a large bowl with an electric mixer until light and fluffy
- Add bananas, flour, walnuts, eggs, baking soda, vanilla, and salt, raisins if used, cinnamon if used
- Mix through
- Pour batter into the prepared dish, and spread evenly
- Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean.
- Cool completely, then frost as desired.
Notes
It's a basic banana cake, with the roguechef kick of raisins, macerated in bourbon. The OPTIONAL cinnamon is highly recommended.
Nutrition
Calories: 383kcalCarbohydrates: 44gProtein: 3gFat: 23gSaturated Fat: 11gPolyunsaturated Fat: 3gMonounsaturated Fat: 8gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 103mgSodium: 525mgPotassium: 165mgFiber: 2gSugar: 34gVitamin A: 568IUVitamin C: 1mgCalcium: 24mgIron: 1mg
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