Banana cake

Moist banana cake made with very ripe bananas, cinnamon and vanilla. A perfect way to use up overripe bananas.

• 3 ripe bananas (about 300 g peeled)
• 150 g butter, melted
• 1.5 dl caster sugar
• 2 eggs
• 2 tsp vanilla sugar
• 2 dl plain flour
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 0.5 tsp cinnamon
• 1 pinch salt

Method

1. 1
   Preheat the oven to 175 °C. Grease and flour a loaf tin (about 1.5 litres).
2. 2
   Roughly mash the bananas with a fork. Mix in melted butter, sugar, eggs and vanilla sugar.
3. 3
   Combine flour, baking powder, cinnamon and salt. Fold into the banana mixture until just combined.
4. 4
   Pour into the tin. Bake for 50–60 minutes until a skewer comes out clean.
5. 5
   Cool in the tin for 10 minutes, then turn out onto a rack. Serve in slices, ideally with a spread of butter.