Banana Walnut Loaf Cake [Egg-less]

This is one of the most unplanned posts on my blog. 

I had not much time on hand that day, I had two over ripe bananas, we were to head out in about 45 minutes and yet... I planned on baking this beauty in that little time gap that I had! Banana Walnut bread was one of the first homemade cakes that I had eaten as a little girl at my aunt's place and ever since has been a fond favourite of mine. I had long been wanting to bake a loaf of it in my new oven and had been putting it off for later.

But that day, was the day!

Having made up my mind in a matter of minutes, I just got into action without wasting another minute. Namita's lovely blog on healthy bakes came to my rescue. I tweaked her recipe to add in some walnuts and a dash of cinnamon powder and voila... a pretty baked loaf of yumminess was what I got as end result :)

I had not planned on posting this here, as I did not take proper pictures and also I told you what a mad rush I was in. But I felt that these picture taken from my basic mobile camera were pretty decent making me want to share it with you all :) 

So here goes... a lovely simple recipe that will make you want to do a tap dance as you pull out the goodie from the oven! :)

 

Adapted from here.

Prep time: 20 mins

Baking time: 30 mins

Ingredients

Banana - 1 cup mashed
All Purpose Flour /Maida - 1 1/2 cups
Curd - 1/2 cup
Sugar - 1/2 cup
Olive Oil - 1/4 cup
Baking Powder - 1/2 tsp 

Baking Soda - 1/4 tsp

Cinnamon Powder - 1/4 tsp
Vanilla Essence - 1 tsp

Walnuts - 1/4 cup

Method

• Preheat oven to 180 degrees. 
• Grease a baking pan and line it with parchment paper.
• In a mixing bowl, add sugar to curd and beat well. Keep it aside till sugar dissolves. 
• Sift all purpose flour with baking powder, baking soda and salt. 
• Add in the mashed bananas, oil and vanilla essence to curd sugar mixture. 
• Now, add in the flour mixture to  the wet ingredients gradually, fold in the batter gently to ensure that there are no lumps. 
• Finally, toss in the walnuts and cinnamon powder and mix again.
• Pour the batter in a greased 6 inches cake tin. Sprinkle some more walnuts on top, if you like.
• Bake at 180 degrees for about 25 to 30 minutes or when a skewer inserted in the center comes out clean. 
• Remove the cake out of the oven and allow it to cool on a wire rack. Slice when cold and enjoy! :)