Banana Cake

Banana Cake

The idea of this cake started a while ago. One day, just out of the blue, Blai decided that he’d like some fried bananas. I, of course, thought he meant pisang goreng (fried battered bananas, Malaysian style) but he was thinking much more simply – he craved plain sliced bananas tossed with a bit of sugar and fried in a bit of oil, nothing more.

I was skeptical (and now craving pisang goreng) but went along with it and watched that night as he happily stirred together his banana slices at the stove, cooking them into a mush (that was a bit unexpected but our bananas were very ripe). But that mush, which he’d let caramelise in the pan, was utterly delicious!

Banana Cake

2 tbsps butter

sunflower oil

1/2 cup white sugar

1/4 cup brown sugar

1/2 tsp salt

2 eggs

1 tsp vanilla extract

1-1/2 cups plain flour

1 tsp baking soda

1 tsp baking powder

1 tsp ground cinnamon

4 small or 4 large bananas

1 tbsp white sugar