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Easy Banana Loaf Cake
Prep
15 mins
Cook
50 mins
Servings
8
Difficulty
Hard
When those bananas on my counter get too spotty to eat fresh, I know it's time to make this banana loaf cake. It's honestly my go to recipe because it comes together in just 15 minutes of prep, and you probably have everything in your pantry already. The best part? Those overripe bananas are packed with potassium and natural sweetness, so you're using ingredients you'd normally toss. This cake bakes up moist and tender in under an hour, making it perfect for a lazy weekend bake or bringing to a potluck.
Ella x
Ingredients
- 11 ½ cups all-purpose flour
- 11 cup white sugar
- ¼ cup butter, softened¼ cup butter, softened
- 11 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 11 teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon baking powder½ teaspoon baking powder
- 11 egg
- 33 very ripe bananas
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Instructions
- 1
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 5x9-inch loaf pan.
- 2
Mash bananas and add flour, sugar, butter, vanilla, baking powder, baking soda and egg. Mix well. Pour into loaf pan.
- 3
Bake in preheated oven until toothpick inserted into center of cake comes out clean, 50 to 60 minutes.
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