Banana Cake

I love banana, but I never thought there is a banana cake until I came to the States. There are some variations how to prepare the cake, I just do the easy version, since I do not know how to bake, except when I use a “cake mix package”.

 

Skill Level: Medium 

Serving: 8-10 people

Time to Prepare: 1:30 

 

 

 

Ingredients

• 1 Cake mix yellow (ideally Betty Crocker/Duncan Hines)
• 1 cup of Water
• 1/2 cup of Oil (ideally vegetable)
• 3 eggs
• 1 cup of Bananas, ripe and mashed
• 1 drop of Vanilla´s extract
• 1/2 cup of Raisins
• 1/4 cup of Walnut, mashed
• 1/2 cup of Yogurt plain
• PAM oil

Tools

• 1 large plastic mixing bowl
• 1 beater
• 1 spatula
• 1 measuring cup
• 10 X 8 aluminum tray
• 1 toothpick

Steps to prepare 

1. Pre-heat the oven at 350°F
2. Prepare the yellow cake by following the instruction of the box, mix the ingredients with the beater on a medium speed.
3. Add the mashed banana, keep beating it with the rest of the ingredients.
4. Add the raisins, walnut and the vanilla
5. After everything is combine, pour the mix into the greased or oil aluminum tray.
6. Bake for 30 minutes, at 350°F
7. Insert a toothpick in the middle of the cake, if it comes out clean, it means that the cake is bake, otherwise, leave it for few more minutes.
8. Take the cake out of the oven, and let it cool for around 10-15 minutes.
9. Place the cake in a serving plate
10. When the cake is completely cool, cut it.

 

Notes

• You can avoid the walnuts, you can add chocolate chips instead.
• You can substitute the raisins with craisins.