Banana Walnut Cake

If you like banana nut bread, you'll love this cake. It's a sweeter, lighter version of the famous quick bread and just as easy to make!

Prepare: 10

Bake: 50

Total Time: 1

Servings: 24 Slices

Ingredients

2 ½ cups (375g) all-purpose flour
3 large (270g) mashed bananas
1 ½ cups (300g) sugar
1 cup (226g) butter
4 large (200g) eggs
1 ½ cups (170g) walnut pieces
2 ½ tsp (10g) baking powder
1 tsp (5mL) vanilla
1 tsp (5g) salt
1 tsp (2g) cinnamon

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350F (180C.)
Line with parchment or grease and flour one 9x13" baking dish (13x33 cm.)
Toss walnuts in 2 tbs of the flour until well coated. Combine flour, sugar, salt and baking powder in a small bowl. Mash bananas with a fork in a separate bowl. Set aside.
Cream butter and sugar on medium speed until fluffy in a large bowl. Beat in eggs, one at a time, until mixture is creamy. Add mashed bananas and flour mixture and beat on low speed for one minute. Fold in the nuts. Pour batter into baking dish.
Bake 45 - 55 minutes or when a tooth pick inserted in the middle comes out clean. Center should read between 200F (93C) and 210F (99C.)
Let cake cool completely in pan on a wire rack before icing.

Notes

This can also be baked in two loaf pans. Line or grease and flour two 9x5 loaf pans (13x23 cm.) Bake 50-60 minutes until Center reads between 200 - 210F (93-99C) or toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.

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