My Brave Banana Cake
You don't need weighing scales to make this moist, tender banana cake studded with toasted walnuts and chocolate chunks!
Equipment
- One 2 x 8 in loaf tin, parchment paper, mixing bowl, small pot
Ingredients
- 3 medium-sized bananas
- 1 cup plain flour
- 1/4 tsp baking powder
- Pinch of salt
- 50 g butter
- 1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1/2 cup chopped toasted walnuts
- A handful chocolate chunks or chips
Instructions
- Melt butter and pour over brown sugar. Beat until sugar is melted, and let cool a bit.
- In a mixing bowl, mash bananas. Mix in butter-sugar mixture, extra virgin olive oil and egg.
- Fold in flour, salt and baking powder. Do not overbeat. Finally, add chopped walnuts and a handful of chocolate chunks.
- Pour batter into a loaf tin lined with parchment paper. Bake at 175 C oven for 45 minutes, or until inserted toothpick comes out clean.