Cup cakes: Banana Cake

Banana Cup Cake

Ingredients:
180g butter/ margarine
180g casto sugar
2 eggs
4 ripe bananas (~1 cup)
1/8 tsp banana essence, optional
3 tbsp milk, mixed with 1 tbsp lemon juice

A (sifted)
240 plain flour
1 tsp baking powder
1tsp baking soda

Decoration:
2 ripe bananas, sliced
1/2 lime

Method:
1.cream butter and castor sugar till light. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
2. mix in mashed bananas, banana essence, sour milk and A till well-combined.
3. Pour into a greased and lined 25cm x 15cm/10"x6" loaf tin or paper cups.
4. Sqeeze lime juice over banana slices, arrange banana slices on top of the cake as decoration.
5. Bake in a pre-heated oven at 180oC for about 20-25 minutes till cooked and golden brown.
6. Remove cake from the oven and leave to cool before serving.

Note:
a. 8" cake mould, use 20cm/ 180oC, 40-45 miutes
b. use fully ripe bananas to give it the rich banana flavour.

My note:
I should sift the baking powder and baking soda before use it inorder to have an equivalent dough.