Banana cake with Lemon rind, Lemon Zest and Cinnamon

Name: Banana cake with Lemon rind, Lemon Zest and Cinnamon
Total time: 3600 s
Yield: 8 people
Cuisine: Kenyan
Ingredients: 5 cups self-raising flour, sieved; 2 cups sugar; 2 cups oil; 4 large eggs; 1 tbsp cinnamon powder; 4 large bananas, mashed; 2 cups milk, room temperature; 1 pinch Baking soda; 2 large lemons, grate the rind, squeeze and sieve

Val Asirigwa @val_asirigwa

Nairobi

Banana cake with Lemon rind, Lemon Zest and Cinnamon

Val Asirigwa @val_asirigwa

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Ingredients

45 to 60 minute

8 people

5 cupsself-raising flour, sieved
2 cupssugar
2 cupsoil
4large eggs
1 tbspcinnamon powder
4large bananas, mashed
2 cupsmilk, room temperature
1 pinchBaking soda
2large lemons, grate the rind, squeeze and sieve

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Steps

45 to 60 minute

1

Pre-heat the oven, grease and dust two baking tins. Set aside.
2

Mix flour with cinnamon together, set aside.
3

To the milk,add the lemon zest little by little as you mix with a wooden spoon. Set aside.
4

Mash the bananas using a fork, add the baking soda, mix well, set aside.
5

In a large bowl, beat the sugar with the eggs (one by one) and mix very well.
6

Add the oil, mix well. Add the lemon rind, mix well
7

Add alternating the flour and the milk as you mix well.
8

Now add the bananas, mixing very well. Pour into the two baking tins and bake for 45minutes to 60minutes, regulating the heat at 150°c, so as to cook slow and well without burning.
9

Check if well cooked/baked at the 45th minute using a fork or knife. If so, remove and let it rest for 5 to 10 minutes then transfer the cakes to the cooling racks. Let the cake cool completely before cutting. Serve with a cup of tea if your choice. Enjoy.

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Val Asirigwa @val_asirigwa

on November 12, 2021 17:51

Nairobi

I love healthy, clean, good, well cooked and of course.... tasty food! So for that reason, I must find my way to the kitchen. I love it most when someone enjoys the food I made, this gives me the pleasure to try out some new recipe the next time I find myself in the kitchen.