Cook-it-yourself

Published August 9, 2014

Banana loaf cake

Ingredients

Flour 1 and 3/4 cup

Baking soda 3/4 teaspoon

White sugar 1/2 cup

Brown sugar 1/2 cup

Coconut flakes 1/2 cup

Eggs 2

Vegetable oil 1/3 cup

Milk 1/2 cup

Vanilla essence 1tsp

Mashed bananas 3

Method

MIX flour, baking soda, coconut and sugars together. Add in eggs, oil, milk and vanilla essence.

Then mix in mashed bananas. Pour batter into greased loaf pan. Then bake at 180C for about 45 minutes or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean.

Note: You can also add chopped chocolate or chocolate chips in the mixture at the folding stage. Use two teaspoon vanilla essence if you are not using almond essence.

—The writer is a pastry expert and can be reached at desserts.divine@yahoo.com

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