BANANA CAKE

INGREDIENTS:

125g butter
1/2 cup castor sugar
2 eggs (well beaten)
4 brown/black bananas cut in small pieces
22g baking powder
50mls Milk
2 cups plain flour
1 tsp cinnamon
1 sachet of vanilla sugar (or 1 tsp of vanilla essence)
(2 Tbs butter melted and 1/2 tsp of cinnamon extra)

1. PREHEAT oven to 180°C. Prepare 24-26cm round tin, butter well then flour, shaking out the excess flour.
   
2. CREAM the butter and sugar together until light and pale in colour. Add the eggs a little at a time and beat well after each addition until all the egg has combined with the butter mixture.
3. ADD the soft banana, milk and baking soda. Beat the mixture well until smooth, no lumps of banana should be evident.
   
4. SIFT the flour, cinnamon and sachet of vanilla sugar, BEAT until smooth, about 1 minute.
5. POUR into the prepared tin and bake at 180°C for 20 minutes, then reduce temperature to 160°C for another 20 minutes or until cake is cooked, when a skewer is entered comes out clean.
   
6. Stand cake for 5 minutes before turning out. Then pour over melted butter and extra cinnamon. SERVE WARM or COLD.