Mary Berry’s Holiday Banana Cake

Dear Reader,

It feels like forever since I last blogged! But I found a gorgeous recipe by none other than the Queen of baking; Mary Berry! I’ve just made this for my housemates using gluten free flour and coconut oil instead of sunflower oil! Taken from her book ‘Foolproof Cooking’

INGREDIENTS:

125ml sunflower oil

200g caster sugar

1 tsp vanilla extract

175g plain flour

1 tsp bicarbonate of soda

Half tsp ground cinnamon

2 eggs beaten

3 small ripe bananas, peeled and mashed

METHOD:

1. You will need a 900g loaf tin. Preheat the oven to 180 degrees, then grease the tin with oil and line the base with a strip of baking paper.
2. Place all the ingredients in a large bowl and whisk together for 1 minute. Spoon into the prepared tin and level the top.
3. Bake in the oven for about an hour until lightly golden brown on top, springy to the touch and coming away from the sides of the tin.
4. Cool in the tin for 10 minutes, then remove and leave to cool on a wire rack. Cut into slices and serve plain or with butter.

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