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5 from 2 votes

Easy yet Delicious Banana Cake

This banana cake is light, fluffy and tastes absolutely divine! They go so well with a cuppa tea, making the perfect afternoon snack.
Prep Time25 minutes
Cook Time30 minutes
Course: Dessert, Snack
Keyword: Baking, Banana Cake, Cake
Servings: 1 x 8x8" square or 8x3.5x3” loaf

Ingredients

  • 200 g overripe bananas mashed
  • 120 g superfine cake flour
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 3 eggs at room temperature
  • 100 g icing sugar
  • 100 g unsalted butter, melted

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 180°C. Grease a regular loaf pan (refer to notes regarding pan size) with butter and line with parchment paper.
  • Mash overripe bananas in bowl until fine, set aside.
  • Sift flour & baking powder. Set aside.
  • Add eggs into bowl of a stand mixer. Beat on medium speed for 1 min and then increase to the highest speed for another 2 min. The egg should become bubbly. Add sugar & beat on the highest speed for 3 mins. The mixture should be foamy.
  • Add in mashed bananas and gently stir 2-3 times with a spatula to combine.
  • Add ½ the butter into egg mixture, gently fold and stir 2-3 times. 
  • Next add ⅓ of the flour, gently fold and stir until just incorporated.
  • Add in another ⅓ of the flour, stir gently to incorporate.
  • Add the remaining ½ butter, gently stir to mix and finally add the remaining ⅓ of flour. Gently stir and make sure the flour is fully dissolve but be sure n͟o͟ ͟t͟ to over mix. Ensure batter retains air bubbles in the beaten eggs.
  • Pour cake batter into the pan and bake for 30-35mins, or until a cake tester comes out clean in the center. If top of the cake is browning too much, cover with aluminum foil after the cake is set at the top, about 20-25 mins into baking.
  • Remove cake from oven, let cool on a wire rack for 10 mins then slice and enjoy!

Notes

WHAT CAKE PAN SIZE SHOULD I USE? 
I’ve tried baking this using a 8x8” square pan as noted in the original recipe and it yield a really short cake, about 1 inch tall. I prefer a taller cake therefore suggest using a regular loaf pan - mine is a 8x3.5x3”.
CAN I USE CASTOR SUGAR INSTEAD OF ICING SUGAR?
I have also tried using castor sugar instead of powdered/icing sugar, but reduced to 80g and cake still turned out amazing. The cake texture with icing sugar is slightly finer and lighter though so it would be up to you.
This recipe was adapted from Rasa Malaysia and simplified by The Bakeanista.