Banana Raisin Cake

Ingredients:

• 200g self-raising flour
• ¼ tsp Baking powder
• 180 g caster sugar
• 225 g unsalted butter
• 5 eggs
• 1 tsp vanilla essence
• 2 ripe banana (mashed)
• 1/2 banana (thinly sliced ard 3mm thick)
• 1/2 cup raisin

Methods:

1. Sieve self raising flour and baking powder, keep aside.
2. Electric mixer on medium speed mix butter & sugar till creamy, switch to high speed, add eggs one at a time till fully mixed
3. Add vanilla essence, add flour slowly in batches till well combined, still on high speed, add mashed banana and let it mix a while till well combined
4. Stop the mixer, take out the mixing bowl, gently fold in raisins
5. Grease HCP with vegetable oil and pour in batter. Gently spread the top so it’s flat and even. Then arrange banana slices on the top of batter
6. Close HCP on medium low heat baked for 20mins, shift HCP side to side, Then flip and baked for 5 mins, shift HCP side to side so it create an even brown top and the banana slices are brown.

(Traditional Oven: Preheat 180 degree, 30 – 45 mins)

(Steaming method – do not add baking powder and no banana slices on top. Boil water, put in cake batter in a tin, steam around 40 mins on low heat)

Done and serve!