Margarita's International Recipes
Accra Banana Peanut Cake
This is a pretty standard banana cake, except that it has peanuts instead of walnuts. Personally, I love that flavor combination. The cake is not very sweet, though perhaps the bananas I used were to blame for that.
This recipe makes for one huge cake, but it keeps well.
Accra Banana Peanut Cake
Ingredients
- 4 cups + 3 1/2 Tbsp flour
- 4 tsp. Baking powder
- 1 1/2 tsp cornstarch
- 1 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 10 oz unsalted butter
- 2 cups sugar
- 4 eggs. Lighly beaten
- 8 bananas
- 1/2 cup peanuts, coarsely chopped
Optional topping
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 1/2 tsp cinnamon
Directions
Preheat oven to 350F. Grease a 9" x 13" pan
Sift flour, baking powder, cornstarch, salt and baking soda together into a large bowl.
Using an electric mixer, cream the butter and the sugar together. Add eggs and mix well.
Peel bananas and place in a separate bowl. Mash well. Mix in peanuts.
Add the flour mixture and the banana mixture to the electric mixer bowl. Mix until combined.
Place cake in the oven and bake until the cake is done, about an hour. Optionally mix the remaining sugar and cinnamon and sprinkle on top of the cake while still hot.
Adapted from a recipe at Food.com, originally published in The African Cookbook
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