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Simple Banana Cake

Turn overripe bananas into a delicious cake
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 40 minutes
Total Time 40 minutes
Servings: 6
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: Global
Calories: 383
Ingredients Method Nutrition Notes

Ingredients
  

  • 1 cup White Sugar
  • 1/2 cup Butter unsalted
  • 4-5 ea Bananas Ripe, mashed
  • 1/2 cup Pecans Chopped, or walnuts
  • 2 large eggs
  • 1 tsp Baking Soda
  • 1 tsp Vanilla Extract
  • 1/2 tsp Salt
  • 1/2 cup Raisins Bourbon Soaked, OPTIONAL
  • 1 tsp Cinnamon Ground Optional
  • 2 cups AP Flour

Method
 

  1. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.
  2. Grease and flour a 9-inch round pan.
  3. Cream together sugar and butter in a large bowl with an electric mixer until light and fluffy
  4. Add bananas, flour, walnuts, eggs, baking soda, vanilla, and salt, raisins if used, cinnamon if used
  5. Mix through
  6. Pour batter into the prepared dish, and spread evenly
  7. Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean.
  8. Cool completely, then frost as desired.

Nutrition

Calories: 383kcalCarbohydrates: 44gProtein: 3gFat: 23gSaturated Fat: 11gPolyunsaturated Fat: 3gMonounsaturated Fat: 8gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 103mgSodium: 525mgPotassium: 165mgFiber: 2gSugar: 34gVitamin A: 568IUVitamin C: 1mgCalcium: 24mgIron: 1mg

Notes

It's a basic banana cake, with the roguechef kick of raisins, macerated in bourbon.  The OPTIONAL cinnamon is highly recommended.

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