INGREDIENTS
- 1½ cups whole wheat flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- 2 medium ripe bananas
- ½ cup oil
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1½ cups milk
- ¾ cup gur (jaggery) powder
METHOD
- Pre-heat the oven to 170°C. Grease the cake tin.
- Pure the bananas with the help of a mixer or blender.
- In a bowl, whisk the flour, baking powder and baking soda together and set it aside.
- In another bowl, combine the oil, vanilla extract, gur powder and pureed bananas.
- Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and mix. Slowly add the milk and whisk with a spatula.
- Pour the batter into the cake tin and bake for 20 to 23 minutes.
- Insert a toothpick at the centre of the cake to check if it is done. If the cake is done, the toothpick will come out dry and clean.
- Remove the cake from the oven and allow it to cool on a wire rack before serving.
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