Banana Cake with Cinnamon Sauce

Cook Time 1 hour

Servings 8

Ingredients

60g unsalted butter, room temperature

1 cup dates, pitted, chopped and soaked in ¾ cup boiling water

1 tsp bicarbonate soda

1½ cups plain flour

1 tsp baking powder

½ tsp salt

¾ cup brown sugar

2 eggs

1 cup of frozen banana, defrosted and mashed

Cinnamon Sauce

300ml cooking cream

1 tsp cinnamon

60g unsalted butter

1 cup brown sugar

Vanilla Cream

300ml thickened cream

1 tsp vanilla extract

1 tbsp caster sugar

Method

Preheat oven to 160°C. Grease a 22 cm square cake tin.

Add the bicarb soda to the soaked dates and set aside.

For the cake, in the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat the butter with the brown sugar on medium speed for 2 - 3 minutes until light in colour and fluffy in texture. On low speed, add in the eggs, one at a time. And then beat in the flour, baking powder and salt.

Fold through the date mixture and mash bananas, again, until just combined. Do not overmix.

Pour batter into the tin and bake for 35 - 40 minutes until golden brown and a skewer inserted comes out clean. Remove from the oven and set aside.