Steamed moist banana cake

We had been eating bread for breakfast for the past few weeks and I can see my son started to get bored. Although I was making different type pf bread such as cinnamon, chocolate swirl, whole wheat, ham and cheese, but they still bread. So I decided to do something different. I immediate thought of banana cake. I love the banana cake in Malaysia. The one that sells in a loaf and can easily get in any market. I especially like the cake texture which is fluffy and moist.

I had not bake banana cake for a while. The reason was I haven't find a recipe that produce a really moist cake. I tried using bake method to do this cake but the the cake always turn out to be dry. I was searching for banana cake recipe and happens to find that there is a steamed version of this cake. It is so simple and you can even do it without using mixer (I had a KitchenAids mixer but it is super heavy and I am lazy to bring it down from my kitchen cabinet to use it.). The cake is really moist and I think another important key is the banana need to be overripe so it will taste sweet and flagrant. 

The cake was ready by the time my son reached home. He insisted want to help mum to decorate the cake with his toy pick. By the time he was done playing with his toy pick and allowed me to cut it, I can see so many holes on the cake. (*_*) Anyway, both my hubby and son love it. They even had it as after dinner dessert!

Here is the recipe:

Ingredients:

4 eggs

140g sugar

170g melted butter or oil or a mixture of these two (I used olive oil)

300g mashed overripe banana (about 3 bananas)

250 all purpose flour

1 tsp baking powder

1 tsp baking soda

1/8 tsp salt

Method:

1. Mash bananas with a fork in a bowl and set aside. Sift the flour, baking power, baking soda and salt in  another bowl.

2. Use mixer or egg beater to beat the eggs and sugar until thick and pale yellow.

3. Add in melted butter/oil, mix well using spatula.

4. Add in mashed bananas.

5. Fold in sifted flour mixture. 

6. Prepare steamer in advance. Let the water boil before putting in the cake. I used a 8x8 square glass pan for the cake. Steam it at high heat for 45 to 50 minutes.

  

Steamed banana cake

My son was playing with his toy pick.

My son was decorating the cake with his toy pick. 

He showed me this and said :"Mummy, I made a train!".