Banana Raisin Cake





Banana Raisin Cake

I was all set to vacation with a girl friend sans the husband that too on the long weekend of the Independence day. So I had to make sure that the husband is appeased and what better way to do it than trying the stomach route (lucky me that I have a foodie husband !!!!).

I needed to concoct something quickly and what better than banana Cake !!! It is quick, simple , yummy and you can seldom go wrong. So here it is ....

Ingredients:-

• Butter :- 125 Grams
• Caster Sugar :- ¾ Cup
• Vanilla Essence :- 1 tsp
• Egg :- 1 No.
• Ripe Bananas :- 2 Nos
• Raisins :- ¾ Cup
• All purpose flour ( Maida ) :- 1½ Cup
• Baking Powder :- 1 tsp
• Milk :- ¼ Cup   

Method :-

 1. Melt butter and sugar in a saucepan over a medium heat. Add the vanilla essence once the butter and sugar has melted.

 2. Remove the pan from the heat and add the bananas ( well mashed) and mix well using a spatula or hand blender.

 3. Beat the egg separately and add it to the above mixture. Mix well.

 4. Stir in the flour, baking powder and add the milk. Add the raisins. Mix well using a blender

 5. Grease a cake tin with butter and pour the mixture into the prepared tin.

 6. Bake at 180C for 45 minutes.

And your Banana Raisin Cake is ready. The entire process takes about a hour only. This is a nice moist cake and is better when served warm with a dollop of vanilla ice cream or sweetened cream.

Tit Bits :-

• You can use almonds or walnuts instead of raisins.
• You can replace Flour + Baking powder with self rising flour.
• Use a toothpick to check if the cake is well baked.