Banana cake

INGREDIENTS

• 1 cup (150g) of plain (all-purpose) flour
• 2 over-ripe bananas
• 125g (1 stick) of butter
• 4 eggs
• 1/4 cup of sugar
• 1 teaspoon of baking soda
• ½ teaspoon of yeast
• ½ teaspoon of salt
• 1 tin of Peak Filled Evaporated Milk
• 1/4 cup of roasted groundnuts and cashew nuts

STEPS

1.  Pour the Peak Milk into a cup and warm it up a little bit, about 30 seconds in the microwave oven.
2. Add the yeast to the milk, stir, and set the mixture aside.
3. In a dry bowl, mix the flour, sugar, salt and baking soda.
4.  Crush the groundnuts and cashew nuts with a rolling pin.
5.  Melt the butter.
6.  Mash the banana either with a fork or with a potato masher till as smooth as possible.
7.  Whisk the eggs.
8.  Add the mashed bananas, the butter, and the milk and yeast mixture. Stir.
9.  Add the dry ingredients and stir till everything is well combined.
10.  Add some of the crushed groundnuts and cashew nuts. Stir.
11.  Pour into a bread pan and sprinkle the remaining groundnuts and cashew nuts on top.
12.  Bake in a preheated oven at 170 deg Celsius (350F) for 1 hour.
13.  The banana bread is done when a wooden skewer inserted into the bread comes out clean. The bread also springs back when you press it down.
14.  Place it on a rack for about 5 minutes then bring it out of the pan.
15. Then lay it on the rack till it has cooled down to a comfortable temperature.
16. Then slice and enjoy. Enjoy it with your favorite drink.