How to Make a Banana Crunch Cake

Things You'll Need:

• flour
• light brown sugar
• unsalted butter
• pecans
• ground cinnamon
• salt
• baking soda
• sugar
• 4 bananas
• vegetable oil
• eggs
• buttermilk
• vanilla
• confectioners sugar

How to Shape a Banana Cake

 Things You'll Need:

• 12-inch round cake pan
• Cupcake pan
• Frosting
• Food coloring
• Large knife

How to Decorate a Monkey on a Pile of Bananas Cake

 Things You'll Need:

• baked dome shaped cake (baked in Wonder Mold pan or Pyrex bowl)
• buttercream icing
• yellow gel food coloring
• brown gel food coloring
• fondant

How to make Banana Cake

3 medium bananas, ripe if possible (approx. 400g / 14oz)

300g / 10oz self-raising flour

150g / 5oz soft butter

150g / 5oz Demerara sugar

2 medium eggs (at room temperature)

80g / 3oz walnuts or sultanas

2 teaspoons lemon juice

2 tablespoons olive or vegetable oil

Cake Topping

125g / 4½oz full fat soft cheese

75 g / 2½oz butter

200g / 7 oz icing (confectioners) sugar

½ teaspoon vanilla essence

Basic Sponge Cake Recipe

Step 1: You will need
8 eggs, separated to whites and yolks 190 g sugar 95 g flour 55 g corn starch 45 g butter, melted 1 tsp vanilla extract 1 mixer with whisk attachment 1 rubber spatula 1 spring-formed pan, 26cm diameter, lined with parchment 1 bowl 1 sieve 1 wooden skewer