BANANA AND WALNUT CAKE

Banana and Walnut Cake image

Provided by meab22

Time 2h

Yield Serves 8

Number Of Ingredients 13

3 medium bananas
300 g self-raising flour
150 g s softened butter
150 g soft brown sugar
2 medium eggs (at room temperature)
80 g walnuts
2 teaspoons lemon juice
2 tablespoons vegetable oil
125 g full fat soft cheese
75 g butter
200 g icing sugar
½ teaspoon vanilla essence
Squeeze of lemon juice to taste

Steps:

Preheat oven to 180°C / 350°F / Gas Mark 4.
Grease the loaf tin with margarine or butter, and line the tin with greaseproof baking paper.
Peel the bananas and mash them with a fork and chop the walnuts roughly.
Place the butter and brown sugar into a mixing bowl and blend together with a fork. Stir in the bananas and chopped walnuts. Mix in one egg and sift in half of the flour. Add the remaining flour, egg, oil and lemon juice then mix in a figure of eight.
Pour the mixture into the loaf tin, smooth it level and place in the oven for 50-60 minutes.
Make the topping by adding the icing sugar, soft cheese, butter and vanilla into a bowl and mixing it all together with a fork.
Spoon the icing onto the cake and spread it evenly with a knife.