Delicious Ginger Banana Cake with a Lemon Frosting

Delicious Ginger Banana Cake with a Lemon Frosting

My finished masterpiece...sort of!

Today I made this delicious ginger and banana cake which tastes so yummy i just had to share the recipe! The original version of the recipe can be found in the Australian Women's Weekly 'Cakes & Slices' Cookbook:

Ginger Banana Cake

• 90g butter
• 2 tablespoons of golden syrup
• 1/4 cup of caster sugar
• 1/4 brown sugar
• 1 egg
• 2/3 cup mashed bananas (I used 2)
• 1 1/2 cups of self-raising flour
• 1/2 teaspoons of bicarbonate of soda
• 2 teaspoons of ground ginger
• 1 tablespoon of milk

Lemon Frosting

• 2 tablespoons of lemon juice.
• 1 1/2 cups of icing sugar
• 30g of butter
• 1/4 cup of chopped glace ginger

1. Grease a 20cm ring pan and turn the oven on to 180°C.C
2. Cream the butter, sugars and golden syrup in a bowl with an electric mixer until light and fluffy.
3. Add the egg, beat until combined, and then beat in the mashed bananas.
4. Stir in the sifted dry ingredients and milk. 
5. Pour the mixture into a prepared pan and cook in the oven for about 45 minutes.
6. Let it stand for five minutes before turning it out of the tin and leaving it on a wire rack to cool. 
7. For the lemon frosting combine the sifted icing sugar with butter and enough lemon juice to make it a spreadable consistency.
8. When the cake is cool spread on the icing sugar and then place the glace ginger on top.
9. Eat and ENJOY!