First Recipe:
Butter or margarine - 140 gms
Sugar - 50 gms
Egg - 1
Bananas - 3 ( ripe, but not discoloured)
Maida - 250 gms
Baking powder - 2 level tsp
Milk to mix
Grated rind of 1 lemon
Cream butter & sugar, beat in egg & well mashed bananas & lemon rind.
Gradually add sieved flour- baking powder mixture & enough milk to bind.
Put into a well greased & floured loaf tin.
Bake at 375 degrees F for 1 hour.
Dust with icing sugar.
For a special occasion:
Cover with cream & sliced bananas just before serving.
The loaf could be split through the centre & filled with mashed banana & cream.
Second Recipe:
Atta (wheat flour) - ¾ cup
Maida - ¾ cup
Oil - ½ cup
Brown sugar - ¾ cup ( or use ordinary sugar)
Large eggs - 3
Bananas - 2 (mashed well)
Baking powder - 2 tsp
Soda bicarb - ¼ tsp
Vanilla essence - 1 tsp
Nutmeg powder & Cinnamon Powder - ½ tsp each (optioonal)
Chopped walnuts or cashews - 2 tbsp
Sieve all dry ingredients.
To mashed bananas add oil & powdered sugar.
Beat till smooth.
Add essence & mix.
Beat eggs in a clean, dry bowl till fluffy.
Add half of the dry ingredients & half of beaten eggs to banana mixture.
Mix well & finish adding the other half.
Add nuts.
Bake in a greased 7” round cake tin at 180 deg C (350 deg F) for 45 mts or till done.