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, cinnamon 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. Beat in the vanilla. 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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