Ingredients

For the cake:
  • 250g butter
  • 250g golden caster sugar
  • 200ml cola
  • 2 eggs, beaten
  • 1 tsp vanilla bean paste
  • 50g cocoa powder, sieved
  • 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda, sieved
  • 250g self-raising flour, sieved
For the bananas:
  • 25g butter
  • 50ml rum
  • 50ml double cream
  • 4 bananas, peeled and halved

To serve: vanilla ice cream

Method

Pre-heat the oven to 180c

Gently melt the butter and cola in a pan over a medium heat and add all the remaining ingredients. Whisk together, pour into a greased 24cm cake tin and bake for 40 minutes.

When cooked, remove from the oven and allow to cool.

Place a large non-stick pan over a medium heat. Add the butter and allow to melt then add the bananas. Cook until the bananas are charred.

Add the rum, flambé then add the cream and coat the bananas all over.

Serve a slice of cake with ½ a banana sauce and ice cream.

Ingredients

For the cake:
  • 250g butter
  • 250g golden caster sugar
  • 200ml cola
  • 2 eggs, beaten
  • 1 tsp vanilla bean paste
  • 50g cocoa powder, sieved
  • 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda, sieved
  • 250g self-raising flour, sieved
For the bananas:
  • 25g butter
  • 50ml rum
  • 50ml double cream
  • 4 bananas, peeled and halved

To serve: vanilla ice cream

Method

Pre-heat the oven to 180c

Gently melt the butter and cola in a pan over a medium heat and add all the remaining ingredients. Whisk together, pour into a greased 24cm cake tin and bake for 40 minutes.

When cooked, remove from the oven and allow to cool.

Place a large non-stick pan over a medium heat. Add the butter and allow to melt then add the bananas. Cook until the bananas are charred.

Add the rum, flambé then add the cream and coat the bananas all over.

Serve a slice of cake with ½ a banana sauce and ice cream.