Banana cake with cream cheese icing

SERVINGS: 10  TIME:

INGREDIENTS:

• 1/2 cup salted butter (if unsalted, add 1/4 tsp salt with the flour)
• 1 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 cup ripe banana, mashed (about 2-3 large bananas)
• 1/2 tsp vanilla extract (1 tsp natural vanilla essence)
• 2 large eggs
• 1/3 cup + 1 tbsp buttermilk
• 1 1/2 cup self-raising flour
• 1/2 tsp baking soda

DIRECTIONS:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Grease the sides and base of a 22cm round springform pan. Line base of the pan with parchment paper.
3. Place butter, sugar, banana, vanilla, and eggs in a food processor. Process for about 2 minutes.
4. Scrape down sides and add buttermilk and pulse to combine.
5. Sift flour, salt (if using) and baking soda together into a large bowl. Add flour mixture to food processor and combine.
6. Pour batter into prepared pan.
7. Bake for 50 to 60 minutes, or until skewer inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean.
8. Cool on rack.
9. Spread cooled cake with the cream cheese icing (see notes below).

NOTES:

• Optional: cream cheese icing
• Ingredients:
• 90g cream cheese, softened
• about 3tbsp butter, softened
• 1 1/2 cups icing sugar
• 1 1/2 tsp lemon juice
  
• Directions:
• In an electric mixer, beat butter and cream cheese together until creamy. Add icing sugar and beat until mixture is smooth. Beat in lemon juiceto combine. Spread icing over top and sides of the cooled loaf. 
• Optional: add fresh fruit on top (i.e. passionfruit pulp)

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