As regular readers will know, I got some beautiful cake pans into stock before Christmas. Well, I resisted temptation for as long as I could before finally succumbing today and abducting some from the shop for my very own. My rationale is that I can hardly sell something if I can’t tell you everything about it.
*crickets*
Hmm. Well, that’s my story and I’m sticking to it. Here is the result…
Banana Cake with Lime Icing
Cream 120 grams of butter and 3/4 cup of caster sugar until fluffy. Mix in one medium egg and a generous slosh of vanilla essence. Mash two VERY ripe bananas and add. Sift in 1 1/2 cups of plain flour, 1 teaspoon of Bicarb and 1/4 cup of milk. Mix gently and pour into greased pan. Bake at 180C for 30-35 minutes or until a skewer comes out cleanly.
When the cake has cooled, turn out and trim base if nessessary so that it sits evenly. In a small bowl, mix the juice of 1/2 a lime with a cup of icing sugar mix and add hot water in drops until you have a thick, smooth mix. Dribble carefully over cake and top with grated lime zest.
NOTE: Because of the detail of the silicone pan, I would advise that you spoon in a little mix to start with and then bounce the pan to ensure that all the air-bubbles are out before proceeding to pour in the remaining mix.
5 Comments
January 21, 2008 at 1:58 pm
[...] Banana Cake with Lime Icing When the cake has cooled, turn out and trim base if nessessary so that it sits evenly. In a small bowl, mix the juice of 1/2 a lime with a cup of icing sugar mix and add hot water in drops until you have a thick, smooth mix. … [...]
January 25, 2008 at 11:09 pm
Wow, that looks amazing. I have to say that banana cake is one of my favourite cakes to eat and cook. I’ve never had it with lime icing but now i’m tempted to try it.
January 26, 2008 at 9:18 am
Thanks so much! I like the icing because it gives it a bit of a fresh perky flavour (and the white looks so good against the brown), but this recipe doesn’t really need it. It’s a very light, super moist recipe and very easy. Impossible to eat just one slice, I’m afraid.
February 28, 2008 at 1:05 pm
[...] Easy Banana Tart Jump to Comments Despite the slightly disturbing Banana Choc-Top incident earlier this week, I decided that I had to do something quickly with the three aging bananas that were browning in the fruitbowl. But – it being stormy and quite cool – I couldn’t quite come at the idea of making a smoothie and I wanted something different than the (albeit amazingly luscious – even if I do say so myself) Banana Cake. [...]
June 17, 2008 at 4:45 am
What a fun looking cake! The shape of it and the glaze pouring down makes for a wonderful presentation!