Fairtrade banana cake

This lovely Fairtrade banana cake is a fabulous way to use up any leftover bananas.

Ingredients 

• 270g Soft Fairtrade
• brown sugar
• 200g Very ripe Fairtrade
• bananas, mashed (the
• riper the better)
• 280g Plain flour
• 1 tsp Baking powder
• 1 tsp Ground cinnamon
• 1 tsp Ground ginger
• 2 Free-range eggs
• 140g Unsalted butter, melted

Equipement

23x13cm loaf tin

Method

• Preheat the oven to 170°C.

• Put the sugar and eggs in a freestanding electric mixer with a paddle attachment and beat until well incorporated, then mix in the mashed bananas.

• Sieve the flour, baking powder, baking powder, cinnamon and ginger add to the mixture. Mix thoroughly until all the dry ingredients have been incorporated into the egg mixture.

• Pour in the melted butter and beat until all the ingredients are well mixed.

• Pour the mix into a prepared loaf tin and smooth over with a palette knife. Bake in a preheated oven for about 1 hour or until firm to the touch and a skewer inserted in the centre comes out clean.

• Leave to cool before turning out.

• Serve warm or try toasting in a panini grill and spread with a maple butter.