cream cheese banana cake

This delicious cake is quite easy to make. Even if you are a beginner, give it a try by following the simple steps given.

Ingredients 

for the cake

2 medium sized eggs
2 teaspoon vanilla extract

3/4 measuring cup corn oil
4 oz crushed pineapple from a can (drain the liquid)
1 measuring cup mashed banana
1/2 measuring cup nuts (walnuts and almond) chopped
1 1/2 measuring cup all purpose wheat flour
1 measuring cup brown sugar(adjust amount depending on the natural sweetness of the type of banana used)
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon baking soda (bicarbonate of soda)

for the frosting
1 heaping tablespoon softened butter

1/2 packet cream cheese

1 heaping tablespoon icing sugar

1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 tablespoon warm water

Method

1. In a bowl, beat eggs lightly, add vanilla, corn oil, pineapple, banana and nuts. Mix well to form batter.

2. In another separate bowl, combine the flour, sugar, salt and baking soda.

3. Pour the dry ingredients into the batter and mix well.

4. Pour cake mixture into a 20 cm by 20 cm (4 cm depth) square cake tin. 

5. In an oven that has been pre-heated to150 degrees celcius, bake for 30 minutes or when top of cake is firm to the touch, brown and a wooden skewer put into the middle of the cake comes out clean. Take out cake from oven and leave it to cool.

6.  Making the frosting - in a bowl, combine butter, cream cheese, icing sugar, vanilla extract and warm

water into a smooth paste 

7.  Spread frosting on top of the cake, and sprinkle chopped almonds and walnuts. Refrigerate before

serving.