Preparation Time : 10 mins
Baking Time : 20 mins
Serves: 12
Recipe Source: Nigella Lawson’s Cookbook Nigellissima
Ingredients:
All Purpose Flour / Maida – 1 1/2 cup / 180 grams
Baking Soda / Cooking Soda – 1/2 tsp
Salt – 1/4 tsp
Ripe Mashed Banana – 1 1/4 cup
Sugar – 3/4 cup / 150 grams
Oil – 2/3 cup / 160 ml
Eggs – 2
Vanilla Essence – 1 tblspn
Instant Coffee powder – 2 tsp
(my 1 cup measures 240 ml)
Method:
Preheat oven to 170 degree C. Line 12 cup muffin tray with muffin cases. Set aside. You can place a parchment paper on a loaf pan if you want to make this as a loaf cake.
Take banana, eggs, sugar, oil, vanilla, coffee powder and mix well. Add in flour, baking soda and salt and fold gently,
Now spoon this into the cupcake cases or the loaf pan. If you are making this as muffins bake it for 15 to 20 mins. For loaf cakes it will take around 55 to 60 mins.
Insert a toothpick to check whether the cake is done.
Remove it and cool for 5 mins.
Now remove it from tray and enjoy warm.
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| Take all your ingredients |
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| Take mashed banana puree in a bowl |
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| Add in sugar |
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| add vanilla |
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| add one egg |
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| add in oil |
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| add in instant coffee powder |
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| now time to mix |
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| give everything a good mix |
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| add in flour |
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| Add in baking soda and salt |
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| mix well |
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| now everything is well mixed |
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| line a muffin tray with cupcake cases |
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| use a icecream scoop to fill the cases |
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| done |
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| bake till done |
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| remove it and cool a bit |
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| Serve |
Hi Aarthi, your recipes are amazing I love trying them out. A little doubt regarding this one, should I mix the coffee powder with some water ? Coz it looks like that in the picture.
Can we skip the coffee powder
HI, I love this and make it every two or three weeks. I buy too many bananas purposely knowing they won't all be eaten before making the next one. The previoua post suggests cutting out the coffee but this for me is what transforms this cake from an ordinary banana cake to a rich deep cake, that is eternally moor-ish… Nigellas suggestion of mascarpone with cinnamon is a divine addition and takes it to another level! I'm in the UK and not sure about cups, but Nigellas original recipe has 4 tsp of coffee, but your recipe might be proportionate, I wouldn't use less when making her original in grams. Happy baking!