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Banana Cake with Frosting and Walnuts

Wed, 23 March 2022

Banana Cake with Frosting and Walnuts

Adrian Martin's Banana Cake with Frosting and Walnuts

Ingredients 

350g /12 oz Odlums Cream plain Flour

1 teaspoons Odlums Baking powder 

Pinch of Salt

125g/4 oz Butter

200 g Caster Sugar

2 large eggs

4 medium Bananas (Mashed)

60ml/ 4 Tablespoons Buttermilk

Frosting 

100g Icing Sugar (Sieved)

400g Cream Cheese

200g of walnuts

200g of honey 


Method

Preheat the oven to 180oC

In a large bowl beat the caster sugar and butter together. Then add the eggs one by one. Then add the buttermilk and bananas. 

Now add the flour and baking powder and place into a greased cake tin. 

Bake for 30mins. 

While baking make the frosting by combining the icing sugar and cream cheese and keep in the fridge. 

Mix the walnuts and honey on a tray and toast until golden and crisp. 

Once the cake is cooked and cooled then you can add the frosting. So layer it on top and top off with the walnuts. Enjoy.