Marbled banana cake

Ingredients for 1 servings:

• 1 cup sugar, approx. 200 g
• ½ cup butter or margarine, about 90 g
• 1 ½ cup(s) banana(s), very ripe, mashed, approx. 325 g
• 1 m.-sized egg(s)
• 1 ½ cup(s) flour, approx. 180 g
• ½ pack of baking powder
• ½ tsp salt
• ¼ cup cocoa powder, unsweetened, approx. 30 g
• 1 tbsp vanilla sugar

Instructions

Working time approx. 15 minutes; Cooking/baking time approx. 30 minutes; Total time approx. 45 minutes

Marbled Banana Bars

Using a hand mixer, cream the butter or margarine with sugar, vanilla sugar, and salt until creamy. Add the egg and the finely mashed bananas and mix in. Combine the flour and baking powder and briefly stir into the butter-banana mixture. Spoon about 2/3 of the batter into a baking dish lined with baking paper. My dish measures 28 x 18 cm. Stir the cocoa powder into the remaining batter, dot it into the spaces between the light-colored batter, and use a fork to create marbled stripes. Bake the cake in a preheated oven at 200°C (top/bottom heat) for about 30 minutes. Let it cool in the dish and cut into strips. The baking time, as always, depends on the size of the dish and therefore the thickness of the batter, as well as your home oven. Don’t forget the toothpick test! The batter is also suitable for muffins. The recipe comes from Canada, hence the cup measurements. It’s a great way to use up overripe bananas.