Toffee cake with banana

Ingredients

For 8 people

  • To prepare the cake:
  • All-purpose flour - 1 ¾ cups
  • Eggs - 2
  • Sugar - ¾ cup
  • Unsalted butter, melted - ½ cup
  • Baking powder - 1 teaspoon
  • Baking soda - 1 teaspoon
  • Salt - ¼ teaspoon
  • Mashed bananas - 3
  • Lemon juice - 2 tablespoons
  • Vanilla extract - 1 ½ teaspoons
  • To prepare the toffee sauce:
  • Fresh cream - 1 ¼ cups
  • Brown sugar - ½ cup
  • Light corn syrup - ½ cup
  • Salt - A pinch
  • To garnish:
  • Whipped cream - 1 cup

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 180°C and grease a loaf pan with a little butter.

To prepare the cake: in a bowl, combine the flour with the baking powder, baking soda and salt.

In the Masterchef Gourmet stainless steel bowl beat the butter with sugar using the beater on medium speed until the mixture is soft.

Add the eggs, bananas, lemon juice, vanilla extract and mix.

Reduce the speed and start adding the flour gradually until the mixture is well combined.

Pour the batter in the loaf pan and bake for 35 minutes.

Remove the cake from the oven and allow to cool.

To prepare the toffee sauce: in a saucepan, mix the cream with brown sugar, corn syrup and salt over high heat.

Mix the ingredients using a wooden spoon until the sugar dissolves.

Reduce heat to medium and let the sauce simmer for 15 minutes until thick.

Allow the sauce to cool then spread it on top of the cake. Garnish with whipped cream.