banana cake

Easy, and very very moorish, never will I throw out old nans again!

A really quick easy cake to make. I added cinnamon and honey to mine and it was delicious.

Thank you, that was a very quick and easy recipe, which will make a great filling snack for my picnic!

Most impressed. Banana cake was delicious - I just added some walnuts to mine and it was d'lish!

This is an amazing banana cake..... very easy and the result is just fantastic! Try adding some walnuts, raising or dried banana, it is even more delicious!

This is a great recipe ... simple and very tasty. No more thrown at bananas!

Really easy to make. I added an extra banana, 2 heaped teaspoons of honey, half teaspoon each of cinnamon and nutmeg. Result- absolutely yummy!!!!!Becasue of the banana it was a bit moister than usual but the outside was super crunchy and delicious warm with some creme fraiche!!!! By the way-cookin says 40min then 30min, but mine only needed the 40mins. Great recipe!

Just added Chocolate chunks into mine will let you know whats it like.............

Just tried Humpty's cake with the chocolate chunks - great idea - thanks Humpty for a delicious 10 o'clock tea treat!

indeed very good with chocolate chunks, more to be made for the rest of the office :-)

I have just made this cake and added some chunks of dairy milk. It is absolutely delicious and the easiest banana cake I have ever made!!! I can't see this cake lasting long - good job I have some more bananas that need to be used!

wow love this i added sultanas gorgeous thankyou!

Hi, yes definately a fab and easy banana cake. I Googled banana cake and yours is the first recipe that comes up.

This is so yummy! ive made it loads and have always put grated carrot in it and cinnamon which is tasty. and also tried coconut which was good :)

This is so tasty!!! I didnt have a loaf tin so did a nice tray bake and then cut into squares and topped with buttercream :) ideal for lunchboxes, or just munching!!! Thank you

I'v made this cake about 10 times since I found the recipe just before christmas...It's amazing! I also smash up some hazelnuts and add some seeds as well plus honey and choc chips...yum! :-)

Loved this recipe! After trying many times to make a banana cake and failing this one was fantastic first time and the familly loves it! Also tried adding some plain chocolate chips and it was yummy! .p.s. found the recipe on google :)

Mine's in the oven just now. I added a good teaspoon of cinnamon to my recipe :) and I used 4 bananas because I had 4 to use up so... I hope it tastes good. The consistency of the mix seemed ok.

Really great and I added almond meal, took 15mins to prepare.. first go perfect. Cheers

My 1st attempt is in the oven, so fingers crossed. Just wondering if anyone has tried this with anything else? I have got some strawberrys & was wondering if it would work!

It was this recipe which led me to sign up for the site. Delicious and so simple to make. Next time I'm going to try it with the chocolate though ;-)

Wow, so many great comments, so many interesting variations! Thanks all.

Just made this cake, it is delicious! What a great recipe thanks.

The main cake is baking in the oven, but I had to comment because we made two little fairy-sized cakes for testing, I added a bit of honey and belgian milk chocolate, and OMG, so delicious, and all chewy round the edges, if the main cake is anything like this it'll go down a treat this weekend! First link on Google, btw ;)

WOW! This cake is awsome! So easy to make! I added choc chips and a touch of cinnamon & nutmeg! Lush!

excellent recipie mosit tasted just like dates to me lol so i will add walnuts and cinnamon next time yum yum

Wow, what a great recipe. It's just come out the oven, and I can't wait to tuck in! :-) Had to leave in the oven for a bit longer than the time stated, so hoping its gonna be ok. Will let you know!

Yep, just as it looks, absolutely yummy!

Brilliant recipe. I actually put in cinamon too but made it into 12 muffins. Great for kids lunches.

Excellent!! really easy to make! but if your always looking for a short cut like me use a potato masher for the nanas! will be a regular cake in this house :)

Searched for a banana cake recipe via. Google and this was listed. Fantastic! Easy to make and utterly delicious.

This is easy to make and so tasty. I am intolerent to wheat, eggs, gluten, so I use wheat free self rasing flour, with 3 tsp of gluten free baking powder and 'No egg natural egg replacer', and it tastes delicious

Amazing recipe, Easy to make with kids. Just got it out of the oven and it was eaten-Very good warm with vanilla icecream.

Just made this and added 110g of melted chocolate and 1 tsp cinnamon - my son absolutely loves it!!

made mine in the blender up to adding the flour so easy!

How are they all finding out? Go Google for "banana cake" - you're the #1 hit!

This is a fab cake & so easy, I also add a bit of coconut, almonds flakes & chopped nuts + I added a dairy milk bar & its so nice, everyone wants me to make them one, you can also cover with icing & then top with hundreds & thousands mmmm xxx.

just made my first one, ooooohhh!!!! delicious

This is the best ever Banana cake, my son & daughter love it to bits, best of all its so easy to make. Thanks for the recipe

I have made this about half a dozen times since I discovered the recipe when Googling for banana cake a few weeks ago. I'm not a cake maker but this is just so easy and totally delicious. For a bigger loaf tin you can chuck in a bit more of everything and it still comes out perfect. Try adding crumbled Weetabix for a more 'wholemeal' texture.

Absolutely lovely, my little girl and I loved making this together. Turned out nicer than other recipes I've tried. Found you on google search.

I found it was a good recipe however a little heavy. I added cinnamon and nutmeg as someone mentioned, delicious :] p.s add cherries

I just made this, it's absolutely delicious. I added chocolate bits, just because... Thanks so much for posting this!

Just made for first time added sultanas and cinnamon. Brilliant base for adding all sorts and adapting. thanks!

hi is the sugar caster or granulated in this recipe. Thanks

Hi clueless! whatever you've got to hand will do. I know that a sponge is usually caster sugar. However, for this, granulated is fine. You can even mix brown and white together. It's a very versatile recipe, as you can see from all the comments! Enjoy

This is a great recipe for a novice cook as it's easy and you feel extremely proud when it emerges from the oven. In the many times I've tried this recipe, I've sometimes added desiccated coconut and/or grated carrot! YUMMY!

my ovens broken at present so using my convection microwave? finggers crossed. and i'v done it as a tray bake as i dont have a loaf tin. ;-)

Just made this recipe for the first time, we added a splash of rum and some forest fruits, - OMG how amazing! i feel fatness coming on with this one.... :)

very impressive recipe, kids & family love this, I've put it bread maker & cooked it in the oven, and either come out just as good (though bread makers easier as you can put all ingredients in together).

just put in the oven, first cake i've ever actually made by myself :D it smells SO good, and i have a big galaxy bar to melt over the top :P was easier than i expected and have eaten before, tastes AMAZING.

I've signed up just to leave a comment: just made my first one - i love this amazing recipe, it's so easy to bake and ab delicious! Thanks

This is the best cake recipe I have ever found online, this, together with the quality of the respondent's comments, has led me to sign up to join them in congratulating you. If you want a less dense cake (which I prefer) then use a big bowl and a big spoon and put it in a broad tin (if you like dense bread do the opposite and add some walnuts). Whoever posted this recipe you are a plus five star.

I made this today and it looks gorgeous! I found the recipe on Google after hubby bought too many bananas at the market!! He's off to make a cuppa so I'll let you know how it tastes!!

I found this recipe a few weeks ago and everyone loves it!! I added chopped walnuts for a bit of bite. No more wasted bananas. Well done banana cake person :o)

This is the easiest and best cake I've ever made! I did add chocolate chip! I will definitely be making this again!

This is a great recipe use it loads and even put in milk chocolate and white chocolate drops. Girls at my work love it :-D only prob is it gives me heartburn :-( can anyone suggest a substitute for the butter?? Thanks :-D

DELICIOUS!!!! Made this cake yesterday and it has all gone!! I added walnuts and chocolate chunks. Hubbie and 3 kids devoured it!! Thanks for the recipe! :)

I have just made this and added cinnamon, vanilla extract and a drop of rum. Absolutely yummy!! Thanks for posting this recipe, I will definitely be making this again.

Thanks for such a lovely recipe. My children made one each and we replaced one banana for the same quantity of grated pumpkin (as it's Halloween) with some nutmeg and cinnamon. The result was fab - half of the cake has already gone and it's not even cool yet!!!

This is absolutely delicious, everything went exactly to recipe, even looks like the picture and tasted divine. I added a small grated carrot, and will definately do this again. Thank you

Found this recipe after Googling Banana Cake a few weeks ago. My 1st attempt wasn't good because I used a food processor to mix the ingredients and it made it too heavy and it looked undercooked towards the bottom. So, not one to be beaten, and knowing everyone was saying how fantastic it is, I gave it another try. But this time I made it by hand, added a mix of demerara and caster sugar, and it was delicious! Perfect texture and really full of banana flavour. I've now got my 3rd one in the oven, made exactly as my last one, so here's hoping it's just as delicious! It's really lovely sliced and buttered too. Thanks for such a fantastic recipe! No more bananas will thrown away in this house again!

I used to cook a lot, savoury and sweet, but find have less and less time these days! However, having been off work ill, and having got fed up with throwing food away (especially fruit) I googled banana cake - 1st in list - to use up the three 'nearly past it' ones. Cooking time over and ... wow, this is awesome. I added raisins and honey, and have diligently waited until it was cool, and have already eaten 2 slices! This is the best, and will definitley make again. Thanks Jacqi

I buy bananas because they're good for you but I'm not really a huge fan, I can only eat them at a certain point, too hard - yuk, too soft - yukkier, so more often than not they end up getting too soft (yukkier, remember) and get thrown away. For once I decided to avoid this and did what so many others here have done, and googled 'banana cake' and up popped this recipe. I have to admit part of the appeal was the fact that it looked so simple, but having made the first one, wel........ never will a banana be wasted in this house again!! I don't think the first one was even as good as it could have been, I didn't soften the butter enough so I don't think it got as airy as it could have, but still, it was de-lish-us! Number two is in the oven now, smelling as good as before, I softened the butter this time and it seems to be rising more, so I suspect a lighter cake is probable. The only thing is, I got some pecans to add, and forgot $%&#!$@!!! Does that mean I have to make another now, shame!!!! Thanks for this recipe, I think it will be pleasing people for a loooooong time!!!

absolutely delish!! very simple to make...i topped mine with icing and sprinkled with cinnamon... am gonna make another! this time with choc chips mmmmm :) maybe try honey, cinnamon and nutmeg next time

I have made this for the first time and it#s absolutely delicious and so easy - like everyone else I shall never have to through bananas out again!

just made my first one, its in oven at the min......i like others added some honey lets see how it tastes as it smells good!!

My goodness, I just registered so I could drop my own comment.Read all the comments and I just had to try it out myself... It was absolutely lushh.... added cinnamon and had it with wine. Will definitely be doing this more often!!

in oven, smells fabby, can't wait oh and its HUGE!!!!!!

I also registered simply to comment on this incredible recipe, which I found by searching on Google. Was slightly worried it wouldn't work for me as I halved all the ingredients, used a smaller tin and reduced the cooking time to 2/3 - but it all worked out perfectly, and the texture is superb. My boyfriend says it is one of the best cakes he has ever tasted! Thank you Jacqi, you are a star!!

tried this recipe today, came out fantastic 1st time.. I am so pleased!!! I added some dry fruits and honey, reduced the amount of sugar... but the end result was truly delicious!!! hardly took any time to make. The cake tastes great with a cup of tea/coffee... thanks a lot!!!

omg! this is so nice and delicious!mmmmmmmmmm!!!!!!!!Thank you Jacqi for the recipe!

I make this cake very often and it is always amazing!The best banana cake ever :)

Hi Like lots of people, had too many bananas in the house going off and did a quick google seasrch for banana cake and this came up first. I have signed up today purely to leave a comment - I don't usually bother! I am not a baker and did not even have a weighing scales in the house! Rushed out to buy a few needfuls yesterday like a seive etc. However I was very proud it came out beautifully. Whole family loved it. I used wholemeal flour and half a teaspoon of baking powder and also unrefined caster sugar for a "healthy" cake! Only thing is I will probably use slightly less sugar as was slightly sweet but considering the quantities were guess work, not a suprise. It would be helpful though to have the quantites in metric for those of us using that system. I am very pleased, thank you.

Second time I have done this recipe. So easy to make so the kids love to help, especially with the banana mashing! Top of the list on google for banana cake and for good reason. Thrown in a load of raisins today too - hope it works out. Thanks.

Cold, wet and gloomy outside and needed cheering up so decided to bake. Just got all the ingredients out and I am ready to start - cant wait - it sounds delish - will let you know the results (haven't baked for absolutley yonks so keep your fingers crossed for me)

hi, to answer your question, we're all finding it because it's the first thing that comes up if you google 'banana cake' in the UK. I'm cooking it now and will report on what it turns out like. Thanks!

Fantastic cake, I have been looking for a proper banana cake recipe for ages thanks!

Made this cake today. Looks just like the picture, so i must of done something right!! Added a pinch of Vanilla extract and some cinnemon and chopped walnuts. Tastes absolutely lovely. Very proud of myself. Thank you.

Following on from my lst comment, forgot to add that I have a fan oven so reduced the temp to 160C for 40 mins, the top looked like it might burn so i covered with kitchen foil and put back in the oven on 140C for 30 mins. Came out a treat.

I have just made this cake, Oh my god it is soo good, My husband is a chef and he even commented about it. I made it to slice up and put in my daughters lunch box, I think i will have to make another one ( which won't be a problem as it was so easy to make) this was almost finished for pudding. I don't bake a great deal and just googled banana cake and this site came up first. I'm so pleased that I found it. Thanks

This recipe is brill for a quick tasty cake, i had to make it with very little time, my guests loved it and asked for the recipe!

Lovely Cake! very easy to make, went down well with the family and at work.

I bake cakes every week and make a banana cake quite often. This one is very, very similar to the McDougall's recipe apart from theirs using one less ounce of flour. Neverthless, this is a lovely cake.

I too have signed up just to comment-what a cracking recipe. I'm a hopeless baker, but this is fool-proof! It is soooo easy! And totally yummy. many thanks for sharing.

Couldn't possibly wait for this to cool before eating! Absolutely delicious, mine took a bit longer to cook, but who cares? Baked once and it is now a favourite forever. Thanks.

This sounds AMAZING! I've just put it in the oven. I had a sniky taste of the mix, it's delicious! I will get back to you once it got out of the oven. :)

Like this one a lot! I added a spoonful of mincemeat from a leftover christmas jar - very yummy. This recipes has lured me onto the site, like others before me, and I am really impressed!

Same as everyone else - had brown bananas & googled recipe. I always smash up a dark choc bar & add & sprinkle brown sugar on the top. I even made this cake for Heston Blumenthal! He and his daughter ate it - said it was delicious. There, how about THAT!

sorry - I couldn't wait for it to cool but it was delicious hot with ice cream for pudding.

4got to get back, it was totaly delish! family LOVED it, going to make it again now!!!! cant wait to have it again!

Tried this recipe to use up some old banana's, really impressed easy to do and tasty too will def do this again.

Ive been making this cake since October last year and it never fails! I've even baked my Easter Banana Cake today using the lamb-shaped tin.

Got mine in the oven......smells delish!! Thanks!

this will b the first time i have ever cooked a cake it is smelling good,my daughter found this site,i am looking forwared to getting more recipe and ideas thanks for making easy to follow...let u no hiow it tasted,fingers crossed....

Just made this cake, couldn't wait for it to cool down!! It's loverly, having to eat banana's on doctors orders and it's a great change than just on there own.

Just joined this site so I could leave a comment on this cake. I was fed up with throwing out bananas when they had gone past the stage that I like to eat them so I decided to try and make a banana cake. I googled it and yours was the first recipie that came up and after reading the comments decided to give it a go. I havent cooked a cake in over 20 years and cant believe how great this cake turned out and was so easy to make. I took it into work and had to make another one 2 days later as it went so quickly! I put nutmeg in the 2nd one and it was also really nice. Going to try and add some other things next time but thanks to this cake Im back into cooking :)

What a great, easy recepie. I've used it twice now and both times it lasted about 10 mins!!

Fifth time i've made it, i threw in all the kids left over easter eggs on the last one!!! Went down lovely and we all enjoyed making it together!!

first time, came out just like picture and taste was out of this world

This cake is simply amazing! I have made this numerous times and it never fails. I have added left over easter eggs and the kids loved it. I personally like it just the way it is....perfect recipe. Thanks for sharing it with us.

This is the best Banana Cake recipe ever. I've played around with it a fair few times - always been good. Today's is with added melted After Eights and a bit of cinammon. Yum Yum.

I have also joined the site after googling banana cake. Mine is doing it's final 30 min stint in the oven and it's looking good. Smells fab and I can't wait to sample it. Thanks for a fab recipe - which will no doubt be a regular in our house and also for helping me stumble across such a great site.

I too adore this simple recipe and like others I have just joined nibblous joined to say so. I used to follow a recipe which was fiddly and involved sour cream and all sorts of ingredients I had to go out and buy. This one truly is a store cupboard (and fruitbowl!) essential. My only note is that I find it a tad sweet, but then I have a very savoury tooth, and everyone else I've tried it on loves it. My latest one is being eaten still steaming from the oven as we watch Doctor Who!

ps apologies for the extra 'joined' in my inaugural post!

I also joined to rate this cake as i can't believe how amazing and easy to make it is! It took 15 minutes to prepare including weighing, mixing, putting into oven and washing up! I made mine in a bundt tin and added honey and cinnamon. The whole family love this one and there are so many exciting things you could add! Fabulous! =o)

Absolutely brilliant!! So delicious and quick and easy to make.. I crushed up some Bournville dark chocolate and added to my mixture - yummy!

I have made it yesterday with light brown self raising flour, demerara sugar and a mixture of grapeseed and sunflower oil instead of margerine. I also added sultanas to the mixture and fresh blueberries sparkled at the bottom, and it was fantasting, not as fluffly as yours but very tasty and moist.. thank you... none left now...

fantasting = fantastic ;-) sorry

Does everybody make this by hand? I was going to use my food processor but somebody posted that it makes it too heavy, anybody else found this? Only just registered, so Hi everybody!

Have made this a few times, it always comes out perfect. I slice it then wrap individually for lunch boxes. If I hide the cake tin, it can actually last all week!

Hiya, I ve made this 3 times now, it is fantastic, has anybody tried freezing it? Not sure whether it wold freeze well or not. Thanks for a great recipe.

Yes, I've frozen it successfully. I didn't freeze it whole, but cut slices and froze them so I could take out slices for packed lunches.

Looks great - can anbody please confirm fan oven temps/timings if they use one - thanks!

fan assisted ovens are 20c less than normal. so for this recipie 180c is 160c and for the remaining 30mins you cook the cake at 130c.hope this helps =) found the recipie on google first link. i shall now be using this site as my cook book. this recipieis amazing just like the cake thanks x

i had some over ripe bananas and googled banana cake and this came up first and im glad it did.it is so easy 2 make and is soooooooo yummy.i was abit naughty and put chocolate in it and icing on top.i took some 2 work and every1 wanted the recipe.yum yum.

Made this for the first time today and the family loved it!! So light and moist...it was delicious!! Will definitely be making this again with my over ripe bananas!!

Today was the first time i have ever made a banana cake and this one is delicious and so easy to make. I couldn't wait for the banana's to get over ripe though, but it still turned out lovely. Definately has the Mmmm factor.

I too have joined so i can comment on this recipe. I had too many banana's going too soft, so decided to google banana recipes. After a short while, i saw this recipe and it ingrigued me. So off i went to make it, i doubled up my ingredients and made 2 loaves. I took it to work and the 2 loaves were gone by lunch time. This was Thursday. I now have been searching for plum recipes, got so fed up of not seeing anything that i fancied, i decided to use your banana recipe, and put my home grown plums in instead of banana. I have taken the skin off them and mushed them up with my blender. They are now in the oven and am waiting for the result. I will let you know how they turn out. Thanks once again for a fool proof recipe, i will be back that's for sure.

Fri night, footie on the TV and too many bananas left over............... google banana cake and here I am!!! Its in the oven as I type - only thing is i didnt have a loaf tin so I have used a deep pyrex on the advice of my mother, so i hope it works. Easiest thing I have made since my milk chocolate cake. Only signed up to let you all know!!! Hope its as nice as everyone says!!!!!!

Great banana cake recipe. I don't have a sweet tooth so I reduced the sugar to 4oz and then added broken up chunks of dark chocolate to the mixture. Delicious!

i loved this banana cake so much that im making it for the second time this week! Got alot of banans' to use up :) thanks for the recipe xx

This is an awesome recipe! I have made a couple of vegan versions as my husband is vegan. The first time I juest left out the egg (but added dark choc bits and pecans), and it was great, but too crumbly. So now I just add egg replacement and it is good! I have also added 2 oz of cocoa (and minus 2oz from the flour quantity) for an extra chocolate taste. Another time I added some peanut butter...there are so many variations!!!

I've been making this wonderful cake regularly for about 6 months and as every one else says it is the easiest and tastiest cake I've ever made! Has anyone tried to make cup cakes/muffins out of this mix? I would appreciate advice on how long to bake them for?

Only just made this :) came across the recipe when i googled Banana Cake. Its fantastic and very easy. I also added cinnamon and it tastes wonderful. Thanks for this! what a fab recipe site. :)

made this cake twice now, sooo good. Im making it again this evening!

I've made this a few times, but this week I am attempting to make cup cakes for this recipe for a family party next weekend. I'm going to ice them with cinnamon frosting. I feel a trial run coming on tomorrow :)

I love banana cake and this recipe is fab, I add chocolate chips to mine and I also use a potato masher instead of a fork to mash the potatoes!

I've been making this cake for years, it's a great recipe. But today I realised too late that I didn't have any eggs, so I just left them out. The result is amazing - well-risen, light, fluffy cake which tastes great. I also added a bit of cinnamon and a handful of sultanas.

This recipe is just perfect I added half a tea spoon of baking powder as i like my cakes fluffy, Banana & 100g Sultanas fo.r me and Banana & 100g Walnuts for my other half. Best Banana Cake recipe I have found so far!!!

I cannot cook! Cakes are my main disaster. Today, having some over ripe bananas left, I decided to try (again) to bake a banana cake as my mother always baked such gorgeous ones. As she is no longer here to ask for the receipe, I tried yours. The aroma from the oven is very promising and throu the glass panel I can see it has risen! That has never happened to my cakes! If it tastes good as well, you are a miracle worker : )

Out of oven, needed about 15 mins less time than receipe states ( took it out 10 mins before buzzer & is a little burnt round edges but can cut that off) Taste wise? Absolutely delicious. Thank you for such an easy bake

baked this 4 times now. so easy and turns out perfect every time for me x thank you

this cake is exellent goes down a treat with the grandkids and us aswell

I been baking this fantastic banana cake since years and done so many variations on it but my fav is just the plain and simple cake with a lovely cup of tea. I have also just cooked another batch for a friends birthday on Monday but I've doubled the quantity to do a traybake (9"x13") and honestly say it's worked a treat also cooked it at 160c for 50 min lovely, spongy and the perfect colour will be putting chocolate buttericing on top as she loves both but I didn't want to put any chocolate in as believe it or not I have 2 friends that are not a big fan of chocolate so they can scrap the icing off plus I get 30 servings out if it and it's only cost me £5 give and take a couple of quid....

Sorry ment couple of pence not quid... Smell of it cooking is making me loose concentration.... Lol...

I've now made this several times. It's become a resident recipe for old bananas in the house. Almost know it off by heart. I have made some variations to the recipe just to experiment. A hit with all!

Made this so many times and it never fails. Such a forgiving recipe - doesn't matter if you've only got one manky nana and some oddments of sugar - it just adapts itself to whatever you put in it. The kitchen currently smells divinely of banana and cinammon - and I'm trying desperately not to pick ALL the hot, crunchy bits off the top! Thanks once again for an amazing, failsafe recipe!

Oh my! Just been scrolling up to read others comments and seen someone has succesfully added peanut butter to theirs - I am DEFINITELY going to try that!!

Just baked this in my aga using gluten free flour and xanthan gum, also added some honey and sultanas. It's delicious ! I've had lots of disasters with gluten free flour but this recipe is great. I cooked it for 35mins in the top oven with the cold shelf above it, then 35mins in the bottom oven, perfect. Thank you.

Such a quick and easy recipe to follow with such tasty results, turned out very moist and bursting with banana, it didn't last long ;-) i also added some nutmeg and cinnamon yummy.

Love this cake I make it every time I have a few bananas ripe . its so morrish and yummy especialy warm mmmmmmm

Found this recipe years ago. Made the cake and it tasted great. Wanted to make a banana cake again and didn't want to go with the other recipes on line. I had to search around for a while but I have found it again (yippee) and bookmarked it this time. Simply delicious - I add some mixed nuts to mine and have been known to add a tot of rum occasionally.

This has turned out perfectly every time, with regular flour or with gluten free. My family now keep turning up with bananas that have 'mysteriously' not been eaten!