Sticky banana & maple cake

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• yummy

  27 September 2010

  yummy rated and commented on this recipe

  

  I've just taken this out of the oven. I can't wait to taste it! It was really easy to make & smells gorgeous.

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• thynk2much

  28 September 2010

  thynk2much rated and commented on this recipe

  

  The banana flavour is nice but unfortunately this cake's not really anything special. Also this recipe produced WAY too much dough for my 21cm square tin - it overflowed everywhere!

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• JonHill

  01 October 2010

  JonHill rated and commented on this recipe

  

  This recipe is really difficult to make and it nearlly burnt the house down when it overflowed

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• linda

  01 October 2010

  linda commented on this recipe

  just joined this site - i will try some recipes out

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• colandrina

  02 October 2010

  colandrina rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Absolutely delicious, and I'm not even a great fan of bananas normally (my hsuband is, though). It only needed 40 minutes in my oven (fan 140C).

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• Jens Madsen

  03 October 2010

  Jens Madsen commented on this recipe

  I love the idea with the bananas on top. Can't wait to try this one.

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• Sarah

  13 October 2010

  Sarah rated and commented on this recipe

  

  OK. Not as good as other banana cakes I've made, not particularly attractive either, the bananas on the bottom/top were black once cooked. Wouldn't make it again.

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• annette

  02 November 2010

  annette rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Was so looking forward to this cake but like a couple of other comments the dough was way to much for the cake tin and it overflowed everywhere! So disappointed.

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• mikeymike

  05 November 2010

  mikeymike commented on this recipe

  I made this today and everybody loved it. It was very easy to make and I had none of the problems mentioned above. My nephew said it was his new favourite cake.....winner!!!!

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• SS

  28 November 2010

  SS commented on this recipe

  I made this cake using the original recipe - although it tasted great it didn't look great as the bananas turned greyish and squishy. Not very attractive. However, try this and it's perfect for a 20cm square tin: Use 50g butter, 2 ripe bananas, 2+2 tbsp maple syrup, 125g light muscovado sugar, 2 eggs, vanilla extract, 125g self-raising flour, 50g ground almonds, 1/2 tsp bicarbonate and 100g yogurt. Instead of putting the bananas on the bottom of the tin, mix them and 2tbsp of maple syrup with the butter etc., then follow the recipe. Bake for about 45min, then use the rest of maple syrup to pour over the cake. No need to turn upside down and definitely won't spill out of the tin! I tastes even better than the original.

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• Beth

  31 January 2011

  Beth rated and commented on this recipe

  

  I had no problems with this whatsoever, it was easy to make - all fitted in the tin and was lovely and moist. The bananas did a little unattractive I will admit - but they tasted good.

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• Sue

  06 March 2011

  Sue rated and commented on this recipe

  

  I made this cake and had none of the problems listed above although I will agree that the bananas on the bottom went grey and were not very attractive - I took it to work and and they loved it! next time I made it I chopped the bananas and mixed them with the cake mix which was just as nice.

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• Marlene

  24 August 2011

  Marlene rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Fantastic, everyone came back for more and very simple to make. My new favourite for dinner parties : )

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• LouiseD

  31 August 2012

  LouiseD rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Quantity was fine for a tin 23cm sq. I was lazy and made the whole lot in the food processor and it worked out really good. Bananas were pretty golden colour tinged with pink. I was a bit short of yoghurt so made up for it with creme fraiche and seemed to have no bad effect. Will definitely do again.

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• LovePears

  26 October 2012

  LovePears commented on this recipe

  I was searching for the best banana cake recipe and this is it! Will definately make it again :-)

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• LovePears

  26 October 2012

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• TrayBake

  15 January 2013

  TrayBake rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Had a housefull of guests at the weekend, it is the easiest cake I have ever made and it was really moist and tasty. My partner brought out the bit he hid last night and it was still great 4 days after baking. I will thrown in a few toasted walnuts next time. yumx

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Ingredients

• 100g softened butter , plus extra for the tin
• 8 tbsp maple syrup , plus extra to serve
• 3 small ripe bananas and 1 over-ripe banana
• 200g light muscovado sugar
• 4 eggs
• 2 tsp vanilla paste or seeds scraped from 2 vanilla pods
• 200g self-raising flour
• 100g ground almonds
• 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
• 200g pot Greek yogurt

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Serves 8

Preparation and cooking times

Prep 35 mins

Cook 45 - 1 hr

Ingredients

• 100g softened butter , plus extra for the tin
• 8 tbsp maple syrup , plus extra to serve
• 3 small ripe bananas and 1 over-ripe banana
• 200g light muscovado sugar
• 4 eggs
• 2 tsp vanilla paste or seeds scraped from 2 vanilla pods
• 200g self-raising flour
• 100g ground almonds
• 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
• 200g pot Greek yogurt

Per serving

514 kcalories, protein 11g, carbohydrate 68g, fat 24 g, saturated fat 10g, fibre 2g, sugar 47g, salt 1 g

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