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Ingredients

  • 450g/1lb of Bananas (better when they are starting to go brown)
  • 255g/9oz of Self-Raising Flour
  • 283g/10oz of Caster Sugar
  • 113g/4oz of Margarine
  • 2 Eggs
  • Few drops of Vanilla Essence
  • 1/2 tsp Bicarbonate of Soda
  • Filling
  • 140g/5oz butter, softened
  • 280g/10oz icing sugar
  • 1-2 tbsp milk
  • Strawberry Jam (Hartleys Best I use)

Method

  • STEP 1
    Preheat oven to 180C/fan
  • STEP 2
    Mash the bananas in a bowl
  • STEP 3
    In a separate bowl, put in the eggs, caster sugar and margarine
  • STEP 4
    whisk or mix for about a min
  • STEP 5
    add flour and bicarbonate of soda and mix
  • STEP 6
    and vanilla and bananas and mix
  • STEP 7
    divide into 2, 15cm round cake tins lined with grease proof paper
  • STEP 8
    Place in oven for 25 mins on middle shelf
  • STEP 9
    When cooked leave for 5 mins to cool before transfering to wire rack to cool completly
  • STEP 10
    Once cooled, mix butter, milk and icing together, once mixed add a nice thick layer to one half and a nice layer of jam to the other half and place together.
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