RECIPES

Banana Cake with

Lemon Icing

Serves 10

INGREDIENTS

200g butter, room temperature, chopped

1 ½ cups caster sugar

2 x 60g eggs

1 ½ cups (approx 3 large) very ripe mashed bananas

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

2 ¼ cups (335g) self raising flour

1 teaspoon ground cinnamon ½ cup (125ml) buttermilk

Lemon Icing

3 cups (480g) icing sugar mixture, sifted

1 teaspoon grated lemon rind

2 tablespoons lemon juice

100g butter, melted

METHOD

1.Preheat oven to 180°C no fan (160°C with fan). Grease and line base and sides of a 23cm cake tin.

2.Place Quad blade into processor bowl. Combine butter and sugar in bowl and process until well combined. Add eggs, one at a time and pulse until just combined. Add bananas and vanilla and pulse again until combined.

3.Add dry ingredients and buttermilk and process until just combined.

4.Spoon mixture into prepared tin and bake for about 60 minutes or until cooked when tested with a skewer.

5.Allow cake to cool in pan for 5 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.

Serve with Lemon Icing.

To make lemon icing:

1.Place icing sugar mixture and lemon rind into the bowl of the electric mixer. While on speed 4-5 speed pour in lemon juice and butter. Mix until combined.

2.Spread on cooled cake.

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Breville BFP800 manual Banana Cake with Lemon Icing, To make lemon icing