Favorite Banana Cake

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 35 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1 1/2 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 3 -4 ripe bananas (approx. 1 1/2 cups)
• 1/2 cup margarine (softened)
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/2 cup cocoa (optional) or 1/2 cup ovaltine (optional) or 1/2 cup chocolate chips (optional)

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• 2 grease 13" x 9" or bundt or loaf pan(s).
• 3 mash bananas. set aside.
• 4 combine dry ingredients: flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. set aside.
• 5 in a medium bowl, blend margarine and sugar. add egg and vanilla and beat until thoroughly combined. blend in bananas. add flour mixture. mix well.
• 6 pour in prepared pans. bake for 15-20 minutes for muffins. for 13" x 9" bake 25-35 minutes. for small loaf pans bake 30-40 minutes. for large loaf or bundt pans increase time to 40-50 minutes.
• 7 variations: chocolate chip banana cake: shake chocolate chips with a little flour to prevent them sinking to the bottom before adding to the batter and then pouring into pans. black-bottom banana cake: divide batter in half. mix 1/2 cup cocoa or ovaltine into half of batter and spread on bottom of pan. spread remaining batter on top then bake.