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Continental Dessert: Banana Walnut Cake

Banana Walnut Cake

Ingredients:
Bananas: 4 large
Walnuts: 5-6
Butter or margarine: 10 tbsps
Sugar: 3/4 cup
Eggs: 3
Refined flour: 2 cups
Baking powder: 1 tsp
Baking soda: 1/4 tsp
Coffee powder: 1 tsp
Vanilla essence: 1 tsp
Cinnamon powder: 1 tsp
Lemon juice (freshly squeezed): 1tbsp
Milk: 10 tbsps

Method of preparation:

1. Shell walnuts and coarsely chop them.
2. Cream butter and sugar till light and fluffy.
3. In a separate bowl break the eggs one at a time and beat them well.
4. Add the beaten eggs to the butter and sugar mixture and mix well.
5. Sieve flour with baking powder and baking soda.
6. Mix walnuts, vanilla essence, coffee powder and cinnamon in a bowl.
7. Mash the bananas, add lemon juice. Mix it in the nuts mixture.
8. Add the flour miture alternating with the banana mixture to the butter, sugar and egg mixture. Add milk. Mix lightly.
9. Pour the batter in a buttered, baking dish. Bake in a preheated oven at 175 deg C/350 deg F for about 1 hour.
10. Let it cool in the dish initially and then gently unmould it onto a rack and leave it to cool.
11. Cut into slices and serve with tea.



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