Disastrous results! Like others, followed recipe to the tee, cooked for ages in the end, middle remained raw and gooey. Waste of time and money, will not try again.

Very easy, very tasty.
I used gluten free SR flour, added chopped almonds to the mix and decorated with walnut halves. It took a little longer to bake than 1 hour - but then I suppose it depends on oven type, amount of moisture in the bananas etc.

My attempt at this cake turned out badly, ended up with unedible stodge. Wondering whether my bananas weren't ripe enough. May try again with very ripe bananas and see if it makes a difference.

Don't know what I was doing wrong but just couldn't make this recipe work but we love dates so I changed the recipe leaving out the bananas ( thought they maybe the reason the cake kept sinking in the middle) used 225g SR Flour 225g dates 175g butter 175g castor sugar, 2 eggs sprinkled the walnuts on top and drizzled with honey and baked at 160 degrees fan oven for just over an hour and it turned out delicious! no sinking!! so shall now be adding this to my favourites. Hope this helps others that had the same experience as me with this recipe.

I'm having problems with this recipe, have tried it now about five times and each time it rises while it is in the oven but as soon as I take it out it sinks in the middle and is soggy and uncooked on the inside. I followed the recipe exactly, but trying 140 deg fan oven temperature and leaving it in well over the hour but still the same thing happens, I shall try it once more leaving out the bananas I think before giving up! shame as it is such a lovely tasting cake. Has
anyone got any other suggestions please? I bake often and other recipes from the Good Food site always turn out well, very frustrating.

A nice recipe, tasty cake, but would skip walnuts if I make it again.

This worked perfectly for me. I had to use a standard square baking tray (no loaf tin to hand) and used sultanas instead of dates, just because I had some to use up.

I didn't measure everything (no measuring equipment to hand either) but it baked exactly as descriped and came out moist and crumbly. I took it on a group hike where it proved very popular as a delicious energy boost!

Very easy to bake.I added olive oil in place of butter and it came out really delicious.Thanks

Have tried this recipe twice - followed it to the letter both times (fan oven at 140) and both times had to leave it in for well over the hour. ... and the inside was still solid and uncooked. The top sank so it looked (and felt!) like a house brick!! Such a shame as the flavour is good. No idea what I'm doing wrong so sadly won't be making it again.

Wow! I have never baked much in my life, but the Great British Bake Off got me inspired this weekend so I tried this recipe. So easy to make and so delicious. I put a little less honey based on a previous comment and it's perfect, not too sweet. Delicious!!!!

Lovely cake but I also had problems with it being under cooked! 140 seems a v low temp for a loaf-cake.

Yum! Very easy to make as ingredients all mixed at same time! Had to cook it for an extra 20 mins but all ovens differ! Thumbs up from hubby so will be definately making this again!

Beautifully moist and moorish! However, when preparing it, I found the mixture to be far too stiff and used three eggs instead of two (eggs in Dubai are on the smaller side anyway) and it came out perfectly. Following recommendations, I mixed half the walnuts into the batter and sprinkled the other half on top. Will definitely make this again when I need to use up bananas!

So easy loved it ! I replaced the wheat flour with self raising rice flour... as I am wheat intolerant - still fantastic !

Made this cake without the bananas and mixed the walnuts into the cake with just a few on top. Tasted very nice and will be making again

I am afraid I had problems with this cake, flavour is nice, although a bit too sweet, but it was very under cooked even though I left it for longer than stated. Very stodgy and too moist. Not sure where I went wrong, never happened before with a banana cake.

Honestly, some of the comments on here astound me, can some people not actually cook? One says I left the butter out - thats one of the first things to do, another doesn't like walnuts or bananas - then why make the cake in the first place!!!! For me it was excellent, I love baking and this is very easy, I had all of the ingredients in the cupboard, very moist, because of the banana, and the dates give it just the right amount of sweetness, will definately make again.

Really delicious and so easy, although I might try putting in walnuts in the mix rather than just on top next time. Would definitely make this again!

HI, HAVE MADE THIS CAKE ABOUT 6 TIMES NOW, I KEEP TWEAKING THE INGREDIENTS A BIT BUT EVERY TIME GET A DELICIOUS RESULT. MY WIFE CANT WAIT YO PUT THE KETTLE ON, BEFORE IT BOILS SHE IS AT THE CAKE WITH THE KNIFE..
THANKS FOR A BRILL ONE..BRILLIANT SITE.

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