Banana & Walnut Cake
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Bake off is back on our tellies this week! I'll be
baking along every week in my kitchen with a humble recipe which
everyone can easily try at home. This week is "Cake" week
so we've made a lovely Banana & Walnut Cake Loaf at Ashley Thomas
HQ. This cake is perfect to watch the first episode with, teamed with
a cup of tea of course. It's not too sweet, lovely and sticky in the middle, oh and it's super easy to make!
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You'll need...
For the cake...
50g Unsalted butter
250g self-raising flour
225g caster sugar
50g desiccated coconut
65g walnuts, finely chopped
1tsp bicarbonate of soda
435g can crushed pineapple, drained
2 large ripe bananas, mashed
2 eggs, beaten
150ml vegetable oil
For the icing...
50g softened butter
200g mascarpone cheese
400g icing sugar
1tsp lemon zest
dried banana chips
To make...
Preheat the oven to 180oC
Grease a loaf tin and line with baking paper
Mix together the flour, caster sugar, coconut,
walnuts and bicarbonate of soda in a large mixing bowl.
Then mix the pineapple, egg and banana and oil
Add to the flour and mix well.
Pour the mixture into the loaf tin and bake for
about 1 hour.
Leave to cool for 5 mins and then transfer to a
wire rack to cool completely.
In the meantime make your icing. beat together the
cheese and butter.
Add the icing sugar a bit at a time until the
consistency is smooth and not too runny.
Then add the lemon zest.
Top the cake with the icing and decorate with
banana chips.
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