Banana cake with chocolate icing.

An oldie but a goody.
I used a rectangular cake tin for this recipe. It made a rather thin cake which cooked quickly.
Remember to grease and flour your tin before pouring in the mixture.

Banana Cake with Chocolate Icing

Equipment

·      Cake tin (greased and floured)

·      Mixing bowl

·      Measuring cups/spoons

·      Wooden spoon

·      Whisk

·      Sieve

·      Cooling rack

Ingredients

·      Butter, 75g, soft

·      Sugar, ½ cup

·      Eggs, 1

·      Soft banana, 1 mashed (or 2 small mashed)

·      Vanilla essence, ¼ tsp

·      Flour, 1 cup

·      Baking soda, ½ tsp

·      Salt, ¼ tsp

·      Cinnamon, ½ tsp

·      Milk, 1/4 cup

·      Lemon juice, ½ tsp

Method

1.    Cream butter and sugar until light.

2.    Beat in the egg.

3.    Stir in banana and vanilla.

4.    Sieve in the dry ingredients.

5.    Fold into creamed mixture with milk and lemon juice.

6.    Pour into the greased and floured cake tin.

7.    Bake at 180⁰C for 30 minutes until cooked.

8.    Remove from oven and let cool down before turning out. The cake may need to be microwaved if it is still mushy in the middle.

9.    Ice with chocolate icing.

Icing

·      Icing sugar, ½ cup

·      Cocoa, 1 tsp

·      Butter, 1 knob, melted

·      Hot water, 2-3 tsp