Baking recipes
Eggless Banana Cake
Eggless Banana Cake recipe is a quick and easy recipe that gives a light and soft cake. Whenever you have slightly over ripe bananas in your house, use them in this cake recipe. Im sure you will be delighted at its flavour and outcome. This cake has become one of the most loved cakes of our family. Now no more will you find any unattended over ripe bananas in the fruit bowl of our dining area. Moreover, the dash of cinnamon and nutmeg takes this cake to the next level. Simply divine...No one will ever believe that this soft and moist cake does not contain eggs!
Another point worth mentioning is ….cakes such as these taste supreme in their simplicity.Do not go overboard to frost or decorate these cakes. Just take a bite, close your eyes and enjoy its rapturous ecstatic taste.
Another point worth mentioning is ….cakes such as these taste supreme in their simplicity.Do not go overboard to frost or decorate these cakes. Just take a bite, close your eyes and enjoy its rapturous ecstatic taste.
Ingredients:
Dry Ingredients:
- 175 grams (1.5 cups) all purpose flour / maida
- a pinch of salt
- 1 &1/4 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon powder
- 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
Wet ingredients:
- 1/2 cup (120 ml) oil or melted butter
- 1 cup mashed banana (around 2-3 slightly overripe bananas)
- 120 grams (1/2 cup & 2 tbsp) powdered white sugar
- 1/4 cup milk
- 1.5 teaspoon vanilla essence
- 1/4 cup fresh plain hung yoghurt
- 1/3 cup mix of chopped walnuts, dried cranberries and prunes dusted with flour
Method:
- Get all the dry ingredients organised.
- Next, time to organise the wet ingredients
- Preheat oven at 180 degrees Celsius for 10 minutes
- Grease a tin and line it with parchment paper
- In a a bowl sift together the dry ingredients – all purpose flour, salt, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon powder and ground nutmeg. Set aside.
- In another bowl beat together mashed bananas, oil, sugar and vanilla essence.
- Add the yoghurt and mix.
- Add the flour mix in small portions with the help of milk.Mix till just combined. Do not over mix.
- Fold in the batter the chopped dried nuts and fruits.
- Transfer this batter into the cake tin, tap slightly to release air gaps.
- Place the cake tin in the preheated oven and bake it for 35-40 minutes. Do the tooth pick test . If the tooth pick comes out clean then the cake is done.
- In case you want to bake further, but it has browned on top; then cover the cake top with a foil and continue to bake for a few more minutes till cake is done.
- Let it cool completely then cut into slices and enjoy
Tips:
You can use a combination of whole wheat flour and all purpose flour in the ration of 1:1 that is 3/4 cup whole wheat flour and 3/4 cup all purpose flour.
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