Banana cake with passionfruit cream

Adding a passionfruit icing to the top of this moist banana cake takes it to new heights of tropical delight! Absolutely delicious as a summery bake when you want to make something special.

Ingredients

  • 125g butter

  • 1 cup sugar

  • 1 cup banana

    mashed

  • ⅓ cup milk

  • 1 tsp lemon juice

  • 2 eggs

  • 1 tsp vanilla extract

  • 1 cup self-raising flour

  • ½ tsp bicarbonate soda

  • 100g cream cheese

    For icing

  • 50g butter

    softened, for icing

  • 3 cups icing sugar

    For icing

  • 1 tsp lemon juice

    For icing

  • 1 tbsp passionfruit pulp

    seedless, for icing

  • 2 bananas

    to decorate

  • passionfruit

    to decorate

Allergy Advice

Contains Dairy

Contains Eggs

Contains Gluten

Equipment

  • 1 22cm cake pan
  • 1 mixing bowl
  • 1 food processor

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 160C. Grease and flour 22cm cake pan.
  2. Add lemon juice to milk in a mixing bowl.
  3. Place butter, sugar, banana, vanilla and eggs into food processor for 2 mins.
  4. Add milk/lemon juice and pulse for a few seconds.
  5. Add sifted flour and bi-carb and process until all combined.
  6. Bake 60 mins.
  7. To make the icing, beat cream cheese and butter together, gradually adding the sifted icing sugar.
  8. Beat in the passionfruit pulp and lemon juice at the end.
  9. Spread over cooled cake.
  10. Brush sliced bananas with lemon juice and arrange around the edge of the cake.
  11. Using the back of a spoon make a well in the centre of the icing and spoon on passionfruit pulp.

Notes

Tip
This cake may be made ahead of time but it is best decorated around serving time.

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