Cranberry walnut banana cake

Ingredients

• 300 to 350 g (skin removed) over-ripe bananas, mashed
• 150 g butter/margarine
• 90 g brown sugar
• 300 g plain flour
• 2  teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2  teaspoons baking soda
• 50 ml vegetable oil
• 2 eggs
• 50 g cranberries, chopped and coated with some flour from the recipe
• 30 g walnuts, lightly roasted and chopped
• 2  teaspoons lemon juice
• 1/2  teaspoons vanilla essence
• A pinch of salt

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Preparation

• Sift the flour with the baking powder, baking soda and salt, set aside.
• Cream the butter and sugar till light, fluffy, creamy and thick.
• Add in eggs one @ a time, mix well.
• On slow speed, add in the oil, mix well.
• Next, add in the mashed bananas, lemon juice and vanilla essence, mix thoroughly.
• Fold in the sifted flour, mix well.
• Finally, add in the flour coated cranberries, nuts, mix thoroughly, scraping from the bottom and sides of the mixing bowl.
• Pour the batter into a baking dish. Bake in a preheated oven @ 180 deg C for about 50 to 55 minutes. Test with a skewer till it comes out clean.
• Cool in the dish for about 10 minutes. before removing onto a wire rack to cool completely.