Cinnamon-Banana Cake with Nuts

After the depletion of choco-fudge i baked for the guests last week, i was thinking to bake a simple yet rich one to give my new neighbors. A simple tea cake recipe (i once watched in the local arabic channel) with some of my own touches is the "Cinnamon-Banana Cake with Nuts". 

Ingredients:

Self raising/all purpose flour – 1 3/4 Cups
Butter – 100 gms (@ room temp)
Veg Oil - 3-4 tsps (i used olive oil)
Vanilla Essence – 1 tsp
Sugar – 1 cup
Eggs – 2
Milk – 120 ml
Ground Cinnamon – 1 tsp
Baking Powder - 1 tsp
Ripe Banana - 1
Broken nuts (of your choice) - 1/4 cup (i used almonds)

Method:

1. Pre heat the oven to 180C for 15 minutes

2. Grease a round cake pan line base with baking paper

3. Beat all the ingredients using hand or an electric mixer until light and fluffy (this would take some minutes)

4. Now, transfer the mixture to the prepared cake pan and sprinkle the nuts and some sugar over the cake top

5. Bake it for 30-45 minutes.



Indulge yourself with this fluffy cake with a scoop of vanilla ice cream, or just a cup of hot tea!

(Note: i usually don't use my hand or an electric mixer, instead i put all the ingredients into a blender jar and whip them for 5-10 seconds...it comes out perfectly, without any physical strain!)