Banana Cake with frosting

I love bananas however my girls are not so keen on them so once in a while I find very ripe bananas in my fruit bowl and as someone that really does had waste I developed a Banana cake. Yes Banana bread is bloody awesome however cakes go down easier with my two.

I’ve added chocolate chips to this cake however feel free to omit them.

Ingredients:

125 grams butter softened
260 grams castor sugar
1 tsp vanilla flavouring
2 large eggs beaten
250 ml low fat yogurt
260 grams plain flour
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
3 large ripe (or over ripe) bananas mashed
50 grams chocolate chips ( I used milk chocolate chips)

Icing:

110 grams cream cheese
50 grams butter
300 grams icing sugar
Banana Chips-OPTIONAL

1) pre heat your oven to 170/350/gas mark 4. Grease a 9 inch square pan.
2) beat together the sugar and butter.
3) Add the beaten eggs, yogurt and vanilla. Beat more. Don’t worry if it looks curdled; this will change when you add flour.
4) Add the flour, salt and baking powder and mix well.
5) Add the chocolate chips and mashed bananas and stir to combine.
6) Tip the mixture into the greased pan and bake for 35 minutes until lightly golden brown and a tooth peak comes out clear when you poke it in the middle of the cake.

Allow to cool completely. I usually leave the cake in the pan for 20 minutes and then transfer it to a cooling rack until it’s completely cool before attempting any icing.

To make the icing:

1) beat together the cream cheese, butter and icing until it forms an icing.
2) Spread onto the cooled cake. Cut into squares and serve.

I like to add banana chips to the top as decoration. This is purely optional. Enjoy!