Simply Delicious Banana & Jam Cake

My recipe to make a very easy and delicious Banana Jam cake in microwave (use Convection Mode), you can enjoy it with a cup of tea or coffee or add a scoop of your favorite ice cream and  it is just Yummy!

I personally like it with coffee.

 Simply Delicious Banana & Jam Cake



Preparation: 20 minutes

Cooking: 30 minutes
Serves: 6

Ingredients

1/3 cup butter, softened

3/4 cup powdered sugar

1/2 tsp vanilla essence

1 cup plain flour (Maida) also called all purpose flour

1 cup whole wheat flour

1/3 cup milk

1 banana- pureed

1 egg

1/2 cup mixed fruit jam or any jam of your choice

3/4 tsp baking powder

Method

 1. Sift both flours with baking powder and keep aside.

2. Beat egg till fluffy.

3. Beat butter, milk, sugar and vanilla essence in a separate bowl till light & fuffy.

4. Add beaten egg and mix properly.

5. Fold in flour a little at a time, don’t worry about the lumps, and mix gently in one direction only. Do this till all the flour is used up, you should get a lumpy batter of a soft dropping consistency. Do not over mix.

6. Pour half of the mixture into a greased baking tin; I have used butter paper to avoid oil and spread the jam evenly on the batter and then pour rest of the batter to cover it.

7. Bake in a preheated oven at 180°C for 30 minutes.

8. After 30 minutes, just insert a knife into the cake carefully (as the cake tin is very hot) , if it comes out clean then it means that the cake is baked properly, otherwise you can put it again for 6-7 more minutes.

Let the cake cool for 5-10 minutes before removing from tin. Remove from tin on wire rack.

Tips

I have decorated the cake with halved cashew nuts and topped it with a strawberry, to add some texture I have grated the chocolate any (milk chocolate) over it.

Just use your creativity, to make it look lovely and taste yummier!!