Banana & Honey Cake
Sweet, delicious and totally moreish, this Banana & Honey Cake is perfect for elevenses, afternoon tea or a post meal treat.
Ingredients
- 200g butter
- 200g caster sugar
- 200g self-raising flour
- 3 eggs
- 3 bananas
- 100g walnuts, chopped
- 2 tbs honey
Icing
- 200g mascarpone
- 2 tsp honey
- ¼ lemon juice
Candied Bananas
- 3 bananas sliced lengthways
- 2 tbs icing sugar
To decorate
- Extra honey to drizzle
Method
Preheat the oven to 180c.
To make the cake, beat the butter and sugar until white. Add the walnuts and bananas, beat until smooth, then add the eggs and beat until mixed. Then fold the flour in by hand.
Spoon into a 20cm lined round cake tin, bake for 50 minutes, then allow to cool.
Dust the bananas with icing sugar and blow torch until candied.
To make the icing, whisk together mascarpone and honey with a squeeze of lemon juice. Spoon over the cake, dot with bananas and drizzle on more honey .
Ingredients
- 200g butter
- 200g caster sugar
- 200g self-raising flour
- 3 eggs
- 3 bananas
- 100g walnuts, chopped
- 2 tbs honey
Icing
- 200g mascarpone
- 2 tsp honey
- ¼ lemon juice
Candied Bananas
- 3 bananas sliced lengthways
- 2 tbs icing sugar
To decorate
- Extra honey to drizzle
Method
Preheat the oven to 180c.
To make the cake, beat the butter and sugar until white. Add the walnuts and bananas, beat until smooth, then add the eggs and beat until mixed. Then fold the flour in by hand.
Spoon into a 20cm lined round cake tin, bake for 50 minutes, then allow to cool.
Dust the bananas with icing sugar and blow torch until candied.
To make the icing, whisk together mascarpone and honey with a squeeze of lemon juice. Spoon over the cake, dot with bananas and drizzle on more honey .
