Eggless Banana Walnut Cake!

A very easy Cake recipe which comes out perfect every time! I have tried it a couple of times. A great way to use up the ripe bananas!

Ingredients:

• All Purpose flour/Maida/- 1 cup 
• Baking Powder - 1tsp.
• Baking Soda - 1/2 tsp
• Salt - 1/4 tsp.
• Walnuts - 1/4 cup (roughly chopped).
• Cardamom- 1-2 pods.( powdered).
• Brown sugar- 1/2 cup.( add more or less according to taste).
• Regular sugar- 3 Tbsp.
• Curd- 1/4 cup.(Thick).
• Vegetable oil-1/4 cup( used canola) do not use olive or other oil that smells as it interferes with banana flavor.
• Ripe banana-1.
• Vanilla essence-1 tsp.

      

Method :

• First preheat the oven at 355 degree F. Line the baking pan with parchment paper and grease the inside so the cake comes out easily.
• Add the flour, and other dry ingredients into a mixing bowl and mix well with a whisk.
• To this bowl add the rest of the wet ingredients and mix till combined.
• I ground the banana and made it like a smoothie. If you want just smash it and add.
• Lastly add the cardamom powder and walnut coated with the dry flour.( so it spreads evenly in the batter).
• Pour the batter into the baking pan. 
• Bake it for 40-50 mins or untill a tooth pick inserted in the cake comes out clean. For me it took 50 mins.( keep checking after 35 mins).
• When it is done, take it out and Keep it aside. The cake will feel  hard and crusty first but allow it to cool completely , approximately 1-2 hours. Then serve.
• The flavor intensifies after sometime and the cake gets soft as it sits for few hours.

Note: 

You can use Cinnamon if you like the flavor instead of Cardamom..

If the batter it too thick just add little water to make it to pouring consistency.

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