BANANA NUT CAKE

Ingredients.....125gm of butter/ marg, 1 cup of castor sugar, 2 eggs, 1 cup of mashed bananas, 1 tsp of vanilla extract, 2 and 1/2 cups of self raising flour, 1/4 tsp of bi carb soda, 1/2 cup of water. Topping.....50gm of softened butter/ marg, 2 tbs of self raising flour, 2 tbs of castor sugar, 1 tsp of ground cinnamon, 2 tbs of granulated nuts. Preheat your oven to 180 deg C. Lightly grease a 23cm square pan and line the base with baking paper. Cream butter/ marg until light and fluffy in the bowl of your electric mixer. In a separate bowl add 1 tsp of vanilla extract, 1/2 cup of water and beat in the eggs one at a time. In another bowl mix together the flour and bi carb of soda. Add the cup of mashed bananas (approx 3 bananas), to the creamed butter/ marg mixture along with the egg mixture and the dry ingredients and beat well. Pour the batter into the prepared pan. Finally make the topping. Rub the butter/ marg into the flour, add the remaining ingredients and mix well. Place the topping over the cake batter and bake for 45 minutes or until tested with a skewer, that when inserted comes out clean. Oh the aromas wafting through while baking this cake are amazing as the cake itself is delicious.