Recipe - Ultra Moist Banana Cake

INGREDIENTS

1 cup plain flour

1/2 teaspoon baking soda

1/4 teaspoon baking powder

1/4 teaspoon salt

1/8 teaspoon ground cinnamon

6 Cloves

2 very ripe bananas

1/4 cup buttermilk

1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

2 ounces (4 tablespoons) unsalted butter, softened, plus more for pan

1/2 cup dark-brown sugar

1 large egg

DIRECTIONS

1.       Preheat oven to 190 degrees.

2.       Line a loaf tin with baking paper

3.       Beat butter and sugar with a mixer on medium speed until smooth.

4.       Add egg, and beat until well combined.

5.       Sift flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, into the mixture

6.       Add buttermilk

7.       Add vanilla

8.       Chop the banana into the mixture and just lightly whisk so some little banana pieces still remain for texture

9.        Pour batter into pan

10.   After 20 minutes quickly take cake out and push the 6 cloves into the top, then quickly return to oven

11.   Bake until golden brown and a tester inserted in the centre comes out clean

12.   When cooked, let cake cool in pan on a wire rack for 10 minutes.

13.   Flip cake to cool on wire rack.

14.   Eat hot or even cold