XL Banana cake with red fruit marbling

Ingredients
- 2250 gr white sugar
- 25 eggs
- 2250 gr sunflower oil
- 1500 gr bananas
- 2 tbpn cinnamon
- 2 tbspn vanilla essence
- 2250 gr flour
- 40 gr baking soda
- 30 gr salt
- 900 gr red jam
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 160 °C and grease and line the baking trays dish with baking paper.
- Mix in a bowl the sugar, oil, eggs, chopped banana’s, cinnamon and vanilla essence using a hand-held stick blender.
- Mix the flour with the baking soda and salt. Fold these dry ingredients in the banana puree until smooth.
- Spread the batter evenly in the lined ovenproof dish.
- Warm the jam if needed to make it more spreadable. Add dollops of red jam to the batter. Using a knife or a skewer, make swirling motions to create a marbling.
- Bake the banana cake at 160 °C (no fan) for 50-65 min or until cooked and golden.
- Remove from the oven and allow to cool in the tin on a wire rack before portioning.
Stuff to know
This quantity is enough to fill three 2-inch gastro tray (measuring 30 x 55 cm) and yields about 100-120 portions.
Add dried cranberry’s or raisins.
Cover the top with flaked almonds before baking.
Add dried cranberry’s or raisins.
Cover the top with flaked almonds before baking.