Tuesday, March 31, 2009

Soft and Moist Banana Cake - Banana Baking Addiction Relapsed!


Baking. I was a phobic turned a junkie. A discriminative junkie, though. I have this thing about banana baked goods, I am an addict and I think I know why. Banana baked goods are very forgiving for an novice idiotic baker like me. There was a period of time when all I baked were bananas, bananas and more bananas, I pretty much turned myself and my readers into glorified, highly educated, computer using, banana baked goods chomping monkeys.


Feeling rather bad, I went into banana baked goods rehab and tried my very best not to do any banana baked goods for a while. I've been quite a good girl, experimenting with other baked goods (namely chocolate), but you and I knew that this addiction is bound to relapse. So, 4 months, 2 weeks, and 3 days (not that I am counting or anything) after I swore off banana baked goods, here I am again....posting about another banana baked goods. HAHAHA! My monkeys (you know who you are), let's go!

Soft and Moist Banana Cake

Recipe
(modified from Homemade Dessert Recipes)
- 1/2 cup butter (softened)
- 1/4 cup white sugar
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 2 cups flour (sifted)
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1.5 tsp cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 beaten egg
- 1/2 cup yoghurt
- 2 tsp vanilla
- 1 cup mashed ripe bananas

Preheat oven to 350C. Cream 1/2 cup softened butter, add sugar, beat until fluffy (I used hand mixer), add beaten egg, add mashed bananas, mix well. Add flour by batch, I divided into 3 batches, add yoghurt and vanilla, mix well. Pour into a lightly greased loaf pan and bake for around 50 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean.

Ohhhhh, it feels sooo good to be badddd....

16 comments:

Anonymous said...

OOhh yummm love banana bread ^^! MMmmm and yours look so good... just spread some butter and watch it melt before munch munch!

Anonymous said...

sorry for double posting but bread/cake is the same thing banana-wise? Either way yours looks yummo!

A.G said...

photonya tmbh keren ik.. banan cake :D enak n moist kliatane

jesse said...

I wanna be a Ritmonkey!!!

Sharon said...

The first picture is one of my favorites from your site! I just love banana bread and the presentation is so lovely :)

Screamin' Mama said...

Hmmmm...I can smell that banana cake already...

Can I join your banana loving monkey club too?

SIG said...

Oooo... love it! Is it really soft? Got to try out the recipe. :)

Anonymous said...

I have never bake banana cake with yogurt! will try asap!:)

Tangled Noodle said...

I love the yogurt in this! Those slices looks so good right now . . . !

Anonymous said...

I should try your recipe one of this day. Wish me luck! ;)

-Ly-

OldRummyBoy said...

I like your blog design very much. It is quite artistic. For the cake, try using coffee flavored yogurt. It will add a depth of flavor and richness to it. I originally came from Hong Kong. Will visit Hong Kong in the coming December. Wondering where I can get the baking materials in Hong Kong?

Unknown said...

OldRummyBoy, glad you enjoy my blog. For baking products, you can visit Baking Warehouse in Kowloon Bay: http://www.bakingwarehouse.com/

or roam around Shanghai Street, Yaumatei

OldRummyBoy said...

Rita, thank you for the quick response. I went to bakingwarehouse site and found something I really liked. In the coming December, I definitely will visit their warehouse at Kowloon Bay and roam around Shanghai Street as you suggested. Cheers!

Nels said...

Hi Rita, your blog is very lovely and funny. I can't wait to try your Soft and Moist banana bread recipe for my in law's bday this Sunday. Mmmmhhhhh.

Anonymous said...

How much grams is in your 1 cup?

Unknown said...

it's the normal 250ml cup.
This site might be helpful with conversions:
http://www.recipegoldmine.com/kitchart/kitchart2.html