As an alternative to banana bread, make the most of your ripe bananas with this yummy banana yoghurt cake recipe. Bananas and yoghurt are two healthy foods that are perfect for a snack when combined.
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup/ butter (room temperature, plus more for greasing tin)
- 1/2 cup/ caster (superfine) sugar
- 2 eggs (room temperature)
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 bananas (very ripe, mashed)
- 200 grams yoghurt (sweetened, plain)
- 200 grams flour (all-purpose)
- 1 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
Steps to Make It
- Gather the ingredients.
- Preheat the oven to 350 F (180 C). Grease an 8- by 4-inch loaf pan with a little butter. Set aside.
- In a mixing bowl, beat the butter and sugar with an electric mixer until pale and fluffy. Add eggs one at time beating well after each addition.
- Use a metal spoon to fold in the mashed bananas and yogurt.
- Sift together the flour and baking powder, then fold gently into the banana/yogurt mixture until just combined. Don’t over mix.
- Spoon the mixture into the greased pan and bake for 50 to 60 minutes or until a skewer inserted into the middle of the cake comes out clean.
- Remove cake from the oven and allow it to stand for 5 minutes in the pan. Then gently turn the cake out of the tin and cool on a wire rack.
- Serve and enjoy!
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