Name: Coffee Banana Cake
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 45 min
Ingredients: 1 tsp instant coffee powder; 50g butter, softened, plus extra to grease; 150g sugar; 1 egg; 5 tbsp milk; 1 tsp vanilla extract; 1 ripe banana, mashed; 120g self-raising flour; 1 tsp ground cinnamon; 150ml double cream; ½ tsp instant coffee powder, or to taste; ½ tsp vanilla extract; Fresh banana slices

Coffee Banana Cake

If you’re a banana bread fan you’ll love this coffee flavoured version, topped with coffee infused whipped cream and chopped banana. All your favourite morning flavours in one delicious sweet bake!

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Prep Time 25

Cook Time 45

Course Afternoon tea, Baking, Breakfast, Snack

Servings 8

Ingredients

1 tsp instant coffee powder
50g butter, softened, plus extra to grease
150g sugar
1 egg
5 tbsp milk
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 ripe banana, mashed
120g self-raising flour
1 tsp ground cinnamon

To decorate (optional)

150ml double cream
½ tsp instant coffee powder, or to taste
½ tsp vanilla extract
Fresh banana slices

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 200ºC/180ºC Fan/Gas Mark 6. Line and grease a 2lb loaf tin with baking paper.
Mix the coffee powder with 1 tbsp boiling water and set aside to cool.
In a large bowl, whisk the butter with the sugar. When light and fluffy, whisk in the egg. Add in the milk, cooled coffee, and vanilla extract and whisk again.
Gently fold in the mashed banana, flour and cinnamon.
Spoon the mixture into the tin, level the surface and bake for 40-45 minutes until cooked through. It's ready when a skewer passed into the centre of the cake comes out clean.
When cooked, remove the cake from the oven, leave to cool in the tin for 5 minutes, then turn out onto a rack and leave to cool completely.
If you want to decorate the cake, whip the cream with the coffee powder and vanilla extract. Spread over the cooled cake and top with banana slices just before serving.