Banana cake with cranberries | insimoneskitchen.com

Banana! The legendary phrase from the minions.. (I don’t even know which one to be honest. Is it Bob, my favorite?) Talk about minions, have you noticed the complete madness that has broken loose on all things minion? You cannot walk into any store to find at least one, and usually more, items for sale with depict the minions. And yes, I am a fan too. I just find them cute and hilariously funny. And I haven’t even seen the movie yet! I did see Despicable me 1 and 2, so I am familiar with those adorable yellow creatures.

Delicious banana cake with cranberries | insimoneskitchen.com

How does something like that work anyway? How do you manage to create such a good working merchandise machine I wonder. Very clever I think. Anyway, what does this banana cake have to do with minions, you might wonder? Wel nothing really, except for that banana inside obviously. πŸ™‚ I had four very ripe bananas lying around and with the current invasion of those pesky little fruitflies I have to seal everything that is potentially sweet. Bananas are there favorite so I wrapped them in plastic. And that works by the way but it’s slightly impossible to wrap everything they might like in plastic. If anyone has a brilliant idea to get rid of fruitsflies, let me know! We already place the fruits in the fridge that can handle the cold, we seal all vinegar bottles meticulously and we leave as little as possible of food remains in the open air. But in a kitchen that is used a lot it is almost impossible to completely prevent them.

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Been cutting to quickly.. the cake was still hot!

So best to keep this banana cake behind locked doors once made as I’m sure the fruit flies will love it, as will your roommates, so you’ve been warned…

Delicious banana cake with cranberries | insimoneskitchen.com

Banana cake with cranberries

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Prep time 10 minutes
Cooking time 40 minutes
Total time 50 minutes

Ingredients

  • 180 gr all purpose flour
  • 140 gr butter at room temperature
  • 80 gr sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 3 very ripe bananas
  • 30 gr pumpkin seeds
  • 50 gr dried cranberries
  • 65 gr pecan nuts
  • zest of 1 orange

  • Preheat the oven to 180 C. Prepare a baking tin by lining it with baking paper. Set aside.
  • Whisk the butter and sugar together to a creamy light mix and add the eggs one by one.
  • Mash the bananas with a fork until you have a smooth puree
  • Add flour, bakingpowder and the banana together with the butter mixture and mix this well
  • Add pumpkin seeds, cranberries, orange zest and the pecans and mix with a spoon until spread throughout.
  • Pour over the baking tin and put into the oven. Bake for about 30-40 minutes or until a wooden skewer inserted in the middle comes out clean.
  • leave to cool completely before slicing or you'll have the same effect I had in the last picture.. πŸ˜‰

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The nutritional values above are calculated per portion. The details are based on standard nutritional tables and do not constitute a professional nutritional advice.

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Simone van den Berg

Food blogger from the Netherlands. Loves good food. Likes to create healthy and easy recipes for daily use, but also loves the occasional sweet dish. Lives in the Netherlands with her two cats; Humphrey and Buffy. Profession: Food photographer, food blogger, recipe developer and nutritionist