Mum’s Banana Cake
Mum is a wonderful cook, excelling in both savoury and sweet dishes. However, in the days before I had developed any interest in food, I did not have a real appreciation of this. I ate her food everyday so it just seemed normal to me and, in fact, my brother and I use to beg for the meat-and-3-veg dishes that all our friends had for dinner or, horror of horrors, even McDonalds! (I can’t even remember the last time I had burgers from there)
As good as she is now, I still remember the story from mum’s teenage years of when she attempted a banana cake for a friend’s birthday (or something). She had baked this before, to acclaim, however she left out the eggs by mistake this time. The banana cake rose beautifully and smelled delicious however, to her utter embarassment, it promptly crumbled and fell apart when they tried to slice it. If only her friends could see her now!
She has, of course, mastered the art of baking this cake now and I can certainly remember this being baked on a regular basis when I was younger. I think it must be particularly popular in Malaysia as I’ve seen it in a few cookbooks. I love the moist ‘banana-iness’ of this cake and it has remained one of my all-time favourites.
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Cream butter and sugar until pale.
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Add eggs one at a time
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Add flour and milk alternately
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Mix in bananas and pour into 20cm lined tin
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Bake at 180C for 45 min (bake for 20-25min for cupcakes or for 1 hour for double batch)
March 5th, 2006 at 12:40 am
Thanks Cin. I was just looking for a banana cake recipe and this came up.
March 5th, 2006 at 7:35 am
It is timely I have some ripe bananas but I am actually thinking of going the banana bread this morning – this is quite inspiring though, thanks.
March 5th, 2006 at 7:53 am
Boo-licious: this is a great recipe to try. You can also double the quantities and bake for 1 hr.
Lushlife: I love bill’s chocolate banana bread.
March 5th, 2006 at 10:52 pm
looks good……sounds standard recipe but most important is the love ur mum puts into the preparation…….reminds me of my mum when she used to make chiffon..
March 6th, 2006 at 7:49 am
Foocrazee: It’s definitely in the technique as well as the love.
March 6th, 2006 at 3:33 pm
mmm. the best use for ultra-ripe bananas. i’ll bet they would be great grilled with a little butter…