Mama's Easy Banana Cake

An old family recipe. The cake is always gone very fast! Notes are provided to adapt the recipe for a healthier modern eating.

• Ready In: 1 hr 10 mins
• Serves: 8
• Yields: 1 loaf

Ingredients

• WET INGREDIENTS

• 1⁄2 cup milk (or 120g)
• 4  tablespoons butter (or 52g) or 4  tablespoons  vegetable oil (or 52g)
• 1⁄2-3⁄4 cup sugar (or 100g-150g, depending on whether you want it medium sweet or very sweet)
• 2  ripe bananas (mashed with fork)
• 2  eggs (beat first)

• DRY INGREDIENTS

• 1 1⁄2 cups flour (or 180g, can be replaced by half Whole Wheat Flour and half oatmeal powder)
• 1  teaspoon baking soda
• 1⁄2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1⁄8 teaspoon salt
• 1⁄2 teaspoon ground cinnamon (optional)
• 1⁄4 teaspoon ground nutmeg (optional)
• 1⁄8 teaspoon ground cloves (optional)
• 3⁄4 cup  of coarsely chopped  mixed nuts (or 100g) (optional)
• 3⁄4 cup raisins (or 100g) (optional)

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 180°c or 375°F
2. Put milk, butter, and sugar in a medium pot and stir over small fire until just melted.
3. Remove pan from fire. Add mashed banana to lower the temperture, then stir in beaten eggs.
4. Combine all DRY ingredients and stir into the pot.
5. Bake appx. 30 minutes for cupcakes, and appx. 50 minutes for loaves depending on the size of your pans. Watch out for color and check for doneness by sticking in a wooden stick, should come out dry.
6. Tip: If the color is already golden brown but the cake is still wet, cover with foil and continue baking.