Mr Cake’s Banoffee
By Gog Magog Farm Shop
Ingredients
156ml sunflower oil
5 medium free range eggs
375g ripe bananas
250g Muscovado sugar
250g self-raising flour
1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
2 tsp baking powder
300g unsalted butter
375g icing sugar
200g condensed milk caramel
Method
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Mash the bananas together with the sugar until they form a paste.
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Place the eggs and oil in a food mixer and whisk until light and foamy.
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Pour in the banana/sugar mixture and beat until well combined.
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Mix together the flour, bicarbonate and baking powder, and sift into the batter. Beat until smooth.
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Pour into a 9" round tin and bake at 150C (fan) for 1 hour 40 mins. Allow to cool.
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Place the butter, icing sugar and caramel into a food mixer and beat until pale and creamy.
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Cut the cake in half horizontally and spread half of the icing on the bottom half of the cake.
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Sandwich the cake back together and, using a palate knife, spread the remaining icing over the top and sides of the cake.
*TOP TIP* - If you can't find condensed milk caramel, buy a tin of regular condensed milk and simmer it, unopened, in a pan of water for 3 hours. Allow to cool, and when you open the tin you will have a ready-made caramel sauce!