This is a no-frills cake that tastes great with morning beverages or as a snack. It’s good for using up those overripe bananas that you hate to throw away.
Original recipe makes 1 9-inch square cake
Ingredients
1/2 cup butter or margarine
1 cup white sugar
2 eggs
2 ripe bananas, mashed
1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
3/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
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PREP
10 mins
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COOK
30 mins
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READY IN
40 mins
Directions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9-inch square baking dish.
- Beat butter and sugar with an electric mixer in a large bowl until light and fluffy; beat in eggs one at a time, allowing each egg to blend into the butter mixture before adding the next. Stir bananas into butter mixture.
- Sift flour, baking soda, and salt together in another bowl. Stir flour mixture into banana mixture until batter is evenly blended. Pour batter into prepared baking dish.
- Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 30 minutes.
Nutrition
Calories: 209 kcal
Carbohydrates: 31.2 g
Cholesterol: 56 mg
Fat: 8.7 g
Fiber: 0.9 g
Protein: 2.7 g
Sodium: 242 mg