Low Fat Banana Cake

Ingredients

• 150g Light Margarine Spread
• 140g Caster Sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 tsp. vanilla essence
• 3-4 Very Ripe Bananas Mashed
• 1 tsp. baking soda
• ½ cup low fat milk
• 2 cups plain flour
• 1 tsp. baking powder

Method

1. 1Preheat oven to 180C (350F).
2. 2Lightly spray a cake log pan with oil, and line with baking paper.
3. 3With a mixer, place light spread and sugar and mix well for around 5 mins.
4. 4Whilst still beating, add Vanilla Essence
5. 5Still beating add eggs, one at a time
6. 6Stop mixing and with a spoon mix in mashed banana carefully.
7. 7Heat milk (in a large cup) in microwave for 30 sec so it is hot and add the baking(bi-carb) soda, it will foam.
8. 8Now add to the banana mixture, gently.
9. 9Sift in flour and baking powder together into the mixture, not all at once, in thirds.
10. 10Turn into a greased and lined loaf tin.
11. 11Bake at 180°C for 50mins to 1 hour, testing with a skewer in centre that no mixture sticks to skewer.
12. 12Leave in tin for 10 minutes before turning out onto a cooling rack
13. 13This cake doesn’t need any icing however you can ice with a mixture of cream cheese, icing sugar and squeeze of lemon.