BANANA AND PINEAPPLE CAKE (Makes one cake with 10-12 slices) Oil, for spraying 175g self-raising flour 2tsp baking powder 1/2tsp bicarbonate of soda 1tsp grated nutmeg 75g soft light brown sugar 2 eggs 3 bananas (about 250g), mashed 100g butter, melted 1tsp vanilla extract 100g pineapple, finely diced Preheat the oven to 180C/Fan 160C/Gas 4. Lightly spray the base and sides of a 2lb loaf tin with oil and line it with baking parchment.
Sift the flour, baking powder and bicarbonate of soda into a large bowl and mix in the nutmeg and sugar. In a smaller bowl, beat the eggs, then add the mashed bananas, melted butter and vanilla extract. Add the egg mixture and the diced pineapple to the dry ingredients, then gently fold everything together until you have a pineapple-flecked batter.
Pour the batter into the prepared loaf tin and bake for 50-60 minutes, until a skewer comes out clean. Allow the cake to cool in the tin for 10 minutes, then transfer it to a cooling rack.
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