Banana Bread

This recipe is for all those people who do not want to spend money on cake mixers and still want to try one.This is an all time favourite cake in my home and a quick one too without messing with too many dishes.

Prep Time: 45 minutes

Ingredients

• 1 cup All purpose flour
• 2 large Over riped bananas
• 3/4 cup Castor sugar(or powdered sugar)
• 1 tbsp Baking powder
• 1 tsp Baking soda
• 3/4 cup Canola oil (or melted butter)
• 1 tsp Vanilla Essence/vanilla imitation
• 3 Eggs
• 1/2 Walnuts or semi-sweet chocolate chips

Method

1. Pre heat the oven at 325 F ( or 170C) .Grease the loaf pan (or any pan of ur choice) with little oil/butter and keep aside. Mash the bananas and keep aside.

2.Mix the baking sugar and baking powder in the flour.Sieve the flour so that the flour becomes airy and fluffy.

3. Take a large mixing bowl and mash bananas in it until smooth.Beat the eggs with hand and add to it.Add the vanilla essence to it.

4. Add the flour, sugar and oil to it. Fold the flour nicely till all lumps are gone.

5. In the end add walnuts (or chocolate chips for a kid friendly version) and mix gently.

6. Bake for 30-35 mins or until the cake surface turns golden brown, and a skewer inserted into the centre comes out clean.

7.Remove from the oven and invert the pan immediately. Let cool completely before taking out.To remove the cake from the pan, run a thin-bladed knife around the inside of the pan . Release the cake and run the knife along the base of the pan to remove the cake.

Tips n Tricks:

Bring the eggs to room temperature before hand.