May 14, 2013

Whole wheat Banana Cake


















Whole wheat Banana Cake (Microwave method)

Ingredients

Please use same measuring cup to measure flour and sugar.

4 well ripe bananas (130 g) mash well

1 ½ cup whole wheat flour (Aashirvaad atta) Please measure in Indian standard measuring cup of 100 ml / ½ cup / 4 oz capacity)

1 cup powdered sugar

1 egg, beat well

2 tablespoon butter @ normal temperature

1 teaspoon vanilla essence

½ teaspoon baking soda (cooking soda)

3 – 4 tablespoon milk

½ teaspoon oil to grease microwave safe dish

1 tablespoon cashew nuts or raisins (to decorate cake)

Method

In a bowl, mix well mashed bananas with flour, sugar, egg, butter, vanilla essence and baking soda until a smooth mixture and without any lumps. Add 3 – 4 tablespoon milk and make a soft batter (normal cake batter of medium thick pouring consistency).

Grease a microwave safe bowl with ½ teaspoon oil. Pour this cake batter into it, spread it evenly with  flat spatula. Decorate with cashew nut splits  or raisins and microwave on high powder (750w) for 5 minutes. Keep aside to cool for half an hour and later cut it into desired shape and size).