Fairtrade Banana Cake
Serves: 4
Preparation: 20 minutes
Cooking Time: 25 minutes
Ingredients
- 4 ripe Fairtrade bananas
- 140g (5oz) unsalted butter, softened
- 250g (9oz) light soft brown Fairtrade sugar
- 2 eggs
- 250g (9oz) self-raising flour
- 225g (8oz) raisins or 200g
- Fairtrade dark chocolate broken into small chunks.
Method
- Preheat the oven to 180°C, 350°F, gas mark 4
- Lightly grease a 23cm (9in) square cake tin.
- Mash 4 ripe bananas, peeled in a bowl, using a fork. Beat in 140g (5oz) unsalted butter, softened, 250g (9oz) light soft brown sugar, 2 eggs and 250g (9oz) self-raising flour, sifted, until well blended. Stir in 225g (8oz) raisins or 200g Fairtrade dark chocolate chunks.
- Spoon into prepared tin and level surface.
- Bake for 40–45 minutes, or until a skewer inserted into the centre comes out clean. Remove from the heat. Allow to cool for a minute then turn out onto a wire rack to cool completely.
