Cafe-Style Banana Cake
- 150 grams Butter (unsalted)
- 40 grams Powdered sugar
- 40 grams Brown sugar
- 1 pinch Salt
- 50 grams Almond flour (or almond powder)
- 100 grams without skin Banana
- 2 Egg yolks
- 150 grams Cake flour
- 1 tsp Baking powder
- 50 grams Granulated sugar
- 2 tbsp + 3 tablespoons Water
- 1 Banana
- 1 dash Lemon juice
- 1 dash Powdered Sugar
- Preheat the oven to 180C.
- Grease the inside of the tart pan with a thin and even layer of butter (not listed).
- Then dust with a layer of cake flour (not listed).
- Allow the butter to return to room temperature.
- Add the banana to a food processor and blend into a thick puree.
- Sift together the cake flour and baking powder.
- Slice the banana for decoration into 1 cm slices and sprinkle with lemon juice.
- Caramel Sauce Add the sugar and 2 tablespoons of water to a pan and put on a high heat.
- When the mixture turns brown, stop the heat, add 3 tablespoons of water and mix together.
- Add the butter into a bowl and cream with a whisk.
- Then add the powdered sugar, brown sugar and salt and mix well.
- Add the almond flour into the mixture and mix.
- Add the egg yolks a little a time and stir in after each addition.
- Pour in the banana puree and mix again.
- Add the sifted cake flour and baking powder in 2-3 goes and fold in with a rubber spatula.
- Pour the batter into the tart pan and flatten out the surface.
- Arrange the bananas from Step 3 on top and press them into the batter a little.
- Bake for 25 minutes at 180C.
- Then turn the temperature down to 160C and bake for a further 10 minutes.
- Check to see if it's done by inserting a skewer into the center.
- If it comes out clean, it's ready!
- Sift over some powdered sugar, pour over the caramel sauce and serve!
- Instead of making the caramel sauce yourself, you can also buy it at the shop.
- This cake is okay just out of the oven but tastes much better after a day when the flavours have had a chance to settle.
butter, powdered sugar, brown sugar, salt, flour, without skin, egg yolks, flour, baking powder, sugar, banana, lemon juice, sugar
Taken from cookpad.com/us/recipes/148436-cafe-style-banana-cake (may not work)