BANANA CAKES

This is a terrific recipe ...you can find it in Margaret Fulton`s book titled Baking ..pg 184
Margaret`s recipe is for banana cake but I make banana cakes , using aluminium patty pans .
1 tbs of batter in each and bake in 180deg  oven till golden , turn out on cooling rack .
Join the 2  cakes with cream cheese and icing sugar mix with a drop of banana essence and round off the sides with icing mix ...delicious .

Preheat your oven to 180deg C
Prepare your muffin pans , aluminium patty pans or a 20cm round cake tin..

Mash 2 ripe  bananas in a bowl set aside .
Using an electric mixer , cream 125gm of butter
Gradually add 165 gm of castor sugar , until light and fluffy.
Add 1 tsp of vanilla paste or essence
Sift 1 .5 cups of S.R. flour
Add the flour bit by bit alternating with the mashed banana
The mixture is so silky and rich , continue to mix.
Add a 1/4 tsp of bicarb soda to a 1/4 cup of milk
Drizzle milk into the batter mix .
Place batter into cake tin and cook for 40 minutes or till a skewer inserted in the centre comes out clean.
Using muffin pans , cook till cakes are risen and golden in colour about 15 minutes .
Using smaller pans the cooking time will be shorter .

Cream cheese icing
Use 250gm of cream cheese  at room temperature mixed with 1 cup of icing sugar and 1 drop of banana essence .
Use to join the small flat aluminium patties and fill the sides and smooth off .