Faff-Free Cooking with Jackie Johnson - Banana Cake

My motto has always been ‘never trust a skinny cook!' I do like to share recipes that I know work for me. They are not necessarily of my invention – but I will always give you the origin and maybe the story behind them! These recipes are relatively easy to make – hence the title, Faff-Free Cooking

So this month’s treat is – Banana Cake!

Ingredients

Cake

125g butter or margarine

125g caster sugar

50g light soft brown sugar

3 medium bananas - mashed

2 beaten eggs

175g self raising flour

Buttercream Filling

150g icing sugar

75g butter

Vanilla extract

Few drops of lemon juice

1, In a large bowl, cream butter or margarine, caster and light soft brown sugar, until fluffy.

2, Gradually beat in eggs

3, Mix in the mashed banana and flour gently into the batter

4, Grease a 1kg/2lb loaf tin.

5, Bake at Gas 4/350F/180C for 45 – 50 mins until risen and golden.

6, Remove from the tin and allow to cool completely on a wire rack – then cut in half lengthways.

7, To make the buttercream – work together the icing sugar, butter, vanilla and lemon juice with a wooden spoon to make a soft paste and then sandwich the two halves of the cake together with the buttercream.

Scoff and enjoy – Bananas!