Boiled Banana Cake

This boiled banana cake is easy to make, tastes delicious and has a soft and tender texture. It stays fresh, moist for several days if you store it well in an air-tight container. You can make this banana cake plain, or use it as a basic recipe. Add spices, nuts, dried fruit, chocolate chunks too. If you don't have spelt, just use regular wheat, plain or whole or a mixture of two. If you fancy, you can always whip up some cream cheese frosting to top the cake or simply dust with some icing sugar.

250 Spelt flour (German#630)
2 tsp Baking powder
1/3 tsp Salt
125 g Butter
200 g Xylitol (or white sugar)
1/2 tsp Cinnamon powder (optional)
1/2 tsp Ground vanilla bean powder (optional)
1 tsp Baking soda
240 ml Water
2 Eggs, lightly beaten
3 Over ripe bananas, mashed
60 g Walnuts, roughly chopped (optional)

Preheat oven to 180C/350F. Grease a 20x11x7 cm loaf tin and line with baking paper. Whisk together the spelt flour, baking powder and salt in a mixing bowl.
Bring butter, xylitol (or sugar), cinnamon, vanilla bean powder, baking soda and water to the boil, then simmer for 2-3 minutes. Set aside to cool.
Mix in eggs and sift in flour, and fold through bananas and walnuts if using.
Pour into the prepared loaf tin and bake for about 1 hour or until a skewer inserted in middle of cake comes out clean. Cool on a wire rack. Dust with some icing sugar if desired.

29 comments:

Tom 20/7/24 13:20: ...I LOVE bananas!
eileeninmd 20/7/24 15:30: Hello,
I would love this banana bread, looks yummy!
Take care, enjoy your day and happy weekend.
Anonymous 20/7/24 15:47: Your banana walnut cake looks like an enticing treat to enjoy in the afternoon with a cup of coffee.
JoAnna 20/7/24 17:26: Delicious cake, you've made me want it!
Norma2 20/7/24 17:38: Angie, a recipe to keep. Since the banana is sweet, we can add a little less sugar.In the past it was also used to sweeten beetroot, carrots, figs, dates, etc.
babYpose 20/7/24 17:46: Delicious, love banana cake. Like to try it too.
DeniseinVA 20/7/24 18:23: My favorite kind and this looks wonderful! Thanks Angie!
Lola Martínez 20/7/24 18:31: El pan de plátano es uno de los más ricos para mi y el tuyo es excelente.
Brian's Home Blog 20/7/24 18:41: That looks delicious and I can almost smell how good it is.
Anonymous 20/7/24 20:37: Interesting -Christine cmlk79.blogspot.com
Granny Sue 20/7/24 21:00: What an interesting recipe. Very different from the usual banana bread!
DUTA 20/7/24 21:40: Banana fruit don't have a long shelf-life, so, a banana cake is a good idea; staying fresh for a few days (if stored in an ir tight container.
Cooking Julia 20/7/24 21:50: The recipe is original and I will probably test it as soon as I have ripe bananas!
DEZMOND 20/7/24 22:43: Looks nom nom nom banana is my favourite flavour and fruit! My most famous cake that I ever invented back while I was making cakes for money was Dezmond torte with banana and chocolate :)
roentare 20/7/24 23:57: Another great recipe to enjoy
Balvinder 21/7/24 01:37: I love banana bread. This one is quite different from the usual.
Citu 21/7/24 03:16: Gracias por la receta. Lo hare pronto. Te mando un beso.
Margaret D 21/7/24 07:46: I make this and put butter on each slice.
Anne in the kitchen 21/7/24 07:53: I do not care for the texture of bananas but I do love the flavor. I read this with interest, since I do love banana bread as long as the bananas are well mashed and mixed so no banana bits are in the batter.
I will be trying it the next time TheHub's bananas are overripe.
Królowa Karo 21/7/24 08:09: I love banana bread!
The Velvet Runway 21/7/24 11:04: This looks delicious! I would love to try it with chocolate chips too!
Julia x
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David M. Gascoigne, 21/7/24 13:46: We make conventional banana bread and banana muffins, so this is something to think about.
Pattie 21/7/24 16:54: This looks fantastic!! I love banana bread, and am so getting into the mood for making quick breads. This is generally a fall and winter activity for me, but I have really been in the mood.
Bill 21/7/24 17:35: I love bananas and this looks delicious.
Whats Cookin Italian Style Cuisine 22/7/24 11:38: Interesting cooking method I have simmer date cakes then bakes never banana sounds delicious and very moist
My name is Erika. 23/7/24 02:48: I love banana bread, and this one looks and sounds tasty. I printed the recipe and will give it a try next time I have bananas.
Marcelle 24/7/24 08:47: We love banana bread, but I've never made a loaf with this method! This is officially a must-try!!
tigerfish 25/7/24 00:23: Very seldom I see a boiled banana cake version. What's the purpose of boiling butter, sugar, water, baking soda etc? Does it make the cake more moist?
Angie's Recipes 25/7/24 05:16: @tigerfish Yes, moister and boiling can break down the natural sugar in the bananas, making the bread tastes sweeter.