Banana Cake

The search is over: this is THE cake for me. The one and only banana cake recipe that I need. It was gone by the time I remembered I shoud take a picture.The ingredients are always on hand.Sometimes, I make a lemon sauce from lemon juice and sugar to put on top of it.

• Ready In: 1 hr
• Serves: 4
• Yields: 1 bar

Ingredients

• 60  g butter
• 2⁄3 cup sugar
• 1  teaspoon vanilla essence
• 2  ripe bananas, well mashed
• 1  egg, lightly beaten
• 1 1⁄2 cups self-raising flour
• 1⁄2 cup milk

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 180°C.
2. Beat butter and sugar until light and creamy.
3. Add mashed banana.
4. Add egg gradually beating after each addition.
5. Add essence.
6. Fold in sifted flour alternately with milk.
7. Stir until just combined and mixture is smooth.
8. Bake in a 9x23 cm oiled loaf tin for 45 minutes or till skewer comes out clean.
9. Leave cake in tin for 5 minutes, thank turn onto a wire rack to cool.