Sour Cream Banana Cake

Total Time: 1 hr 20 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 5 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 125 g butter, softened
• 3/4 cup caster sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 eggs, at room temperature
• 3/4 cup sour cream
• 1 cup mashed banana (you will need 2 large, very ripe bananas)
• 2 1/4 cups self-raising flour
• 1/4 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
• 180 g chocolate, chopped
• 1/4 cup sour cream

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 180°c
• 2 grease base and sides of a 7cm deep, 19cm square cake pan and line with baking paper.
• 3 using an electric mixer, beat butter, sugar and vanilla until pale and creamy.
• 4 add eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each.
• 5 using a metal spoon, gently fold in sour cream and bananas.
• 6 sift flour and bicarbonate of soda over batter and gently fold through.
• 7 spoon batter into cake pan, smooth surface, and bake for 50 to 60 minutes or until a skewer inserted into the centre comes out clean.
• 8 stand for 5 minutes before turning out onto a wire rack.
• 9 icing:.
• 10 place chocolate and sour cream in a heatproof bowl over a saucepan of simmering water. heat, stirring constantly with a metal spoon, for 3 minutes or until smooth.
• 11 remove from heat and stand for 10 minutes or until slightly thickened, then pour icing over cake, allowing it to drizzle down sides. serve warm.