Banana Syrup Cake

Total Time: 1 hr 5 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 60 g butter or 60 g margarine
• 3/4 cup brown sugar
• 2 firm bananas
• 180 g self raising flour
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1 very ripe banana
• 2 tablespoons sour cream
• 60 g butter or 60 g margarine
• 180 g caster sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 2 eggs
• cream, for serving (optional)
• golden syrup, for serving (optional)

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 180 degrees celsius.
• 2 melt together butter and brown sugar over low heat, cook for a few minutes, stirring occasionally.
• 3 pour into greased cake tin and swirl around to cover bottom.
• 4 slice firm bananas into rings and place into bottom of cake tin in one layer.
• 5 sift together flour, cinnamon and nutmeg put aside.
• 6 mash very ripe banana and stir in sour cream, put aside.
• 7 cream together butter and caster sugar, add vanilla, add eggs, one at a time, mixing well between each.
• 8 mix in sifted flour and add banana/sour cream mixture stir till just combined.
• 9 pour batter carefully into tin over caramel and bananas, spread carefully, to avoid disturbing bananas.
• 10 bake for approximately 45 minutes, or until cake springs back when lightly touched.
• 11 remove from oven and stand for a couple of minutes before inverting onto serving plate.
• 12 wait about 30 seconds before removing tin.
• 13 drizzle top of cake with golden syrup, and serve warm with whipped cream.