The most moist and pleasant Banana cake you will ever tasted. I challenge you to find a more moist, more delicious and even more foolproof recipe than my Banana Hot Milk Cake!
This recipe is sure to win hearts as it does win eyes, and I hope I have already won your eyes with the picture!
Sorry that I only took one picture. The lighting in my house was getting really bad because the rain was there, and by the time I wanted to take another picture, they are pretty much gobbled up!
Yes, I am trying to say that they are extremely delicious here, and I really hope you give this easy recipe a try!
This can easily become your go to Banana Cake recipe for all occasions!
Please do make sure that you are using overripe or very ripe Bananas. This is simply because if we are adding bananas either way, why not add the overripe ones because they are naturally sweeter! If you are using less ripen ones, you will have to compensate by adding more sugar accordingly. Do let me know if you need any advice! The natural sweetness of Bananas will taste the best though!
If you ever tasted Banana Milk, this is even better than that! It not just has a nice milky background for flavour, it also has that natural sweetness and aroma of Bananas. It tastes really really good!
Also, you can vary the baking powder between 5 grams and 6 grams ( teaspoon measurements given in recipe ) depending on how airy and spongy you like your cake. I was in the mood for a dense one so the one shown on the picture is the 5g ones. If you like an airier one, go ahead and add the full 6 grams!
Like my other Hot Milk Cakes, they are each amazing in their own field! You can check them out here in the series:
1. Original Hot Milk Cake
2. Pandan Hot Milk Cake
3. Coffee Hot Milk Cake
None of them will disappoint!
Without further ado, the recipe!
Banana Hot Milk Cake
by Javier Tan October-22-2017
This extremely moist and foolproof cake will easily replace all Banana Cake recipes you have tried. I assure you that.
Ingredients
- 1 Cup or 120g All Purpose Flour
- 1/2 Cup or 100g Granulated White Sugar
- 1 and 1/2 Teaspoons or 6g Baking Powder ( 1 Teaspoon or 4g for Denser ones )
- 1/4 Teaspoon or 1.4g Table Salt
- 2 Large Eggs, 55g each, at room temperature
- 1/2 Cup or 120ml Full Cream Milk
- 1/3 Cup or 75g Cold Unsalted Butter, Chopped into Cubes
- 1/2 Teaspoon Vanilla Extract
- 2 Large Bananas, weigh 150g total, mashed
- Preheat your oven to 160 degrees C and line your 8 x 8 inches baking tray with parchment paper.
- Beat the eggs lightly until slightly frothy.
- Add in the sugar, vanilla extract and table salt and stir until well dissolved.
- In a separate bowl, mix together the all purpose flour and baking powder.
- In a saucepan, at low heat, heat together the butter and milk until all butter has melted. Off the heat when done.
- Pour in the all purpose flour and baking powder to the bowl containing the eggs and sugar and stir. It will be clumpy.
- Add in the bananas to the egg, sugar and flour mixture and stir.
- Pour in the melted butter milk mixture into the main mixture and stir until a single consistency is achieved.
- Pour the batter into the baking tray and hit against the counter a few times to dislodge excessive air bubbles.
- Bake for 32-34 minutes or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean.
- Rest on wire rack for an hour before serving. Rest it upside down if you like it denser.
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- Yield: 25 1.6 Inches Squares
Notes:
- Use overripe bananas for best effect. Do add more sugar, about 25g or 2 tablespoons more if using just ripe or underripe bananas.
- Store well in an airtight container for up to 4 days!
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Enjoy!
– Bakeomaniac, Javier Tan!
Hi Javier, can I use brown sugar instead?
Hey Wendy! I am not so sure if you’re the person who asked on Facebook but I will just state again for the benefit of everyone too!
You can use brown sugar for this with the same sweetness but it will be slightly darker in the finished product. It should taste the same though 🙂
Thanks for the recipe!! It tasted great but I find it a little bit too moist at the bottom. Maybe because all the banana sunk to the bottom. What should I do to get a well balanced texture?
Hey Ryn! Thank you for dropping by my blog and trying out my recipe!!
If its a rubbery-like bottom, its high likely that the cake was overmixed! However, if it was just looking slightly moist, I think you can try baking it slightly longer, mixing it longer by a couple of minutes, or even reducing the amount of bananas. This is especially since the different varieties of bananas have different properties in baking and some might contain more moisture than the others!
I hope my comments helped! Feel free to clarify further or about anything 🙂
Thanks so much for your reply! Mine is slightly moist- will increase the baking time! Tried your banana chocolate chip muffins and madeleines and they are soo soo good! Thanks again!
Hey Ryn! I am so happy to hear that it worked out for you and yes, do go for that increase in baking time!
Thank you for trusting and trying out my recipes too, it makes me really happy to hear that 😀
I have tried it the recipe. Oh yes, this banana cake is really moist and the texture is nice. Thanks for sharing.
Hey SY, thank you for dropping by my blog and trying out the recipe 😀 Am so glad you left a review and that you like the cake 😀
Hi Javier! Your recipe looks so good, I am going to give it a try! I just love the texture of hot milk cakes.But I don’t have a 8X8 inch pan.Is it ok to bake it in a 9” loaf pan instead? I suppose it will take more time.While searching for a recipe I discovered your blog and I have to say I am happy I did.
Hey Elisavet, thank you for dropping by my blog and nice to e-meet you 🙂 Hope I didn’t get back too late!
It is possible to bake in a 9″ loan pan. Apart from more time, it might have the characteristic crack at the top so don’t mind that! I will suggest extending the baking time to 45 – 55 minutes and do keep check using a toothpick! Hope that helps and feel free to ask anything 🙂
Hi! I’m about to try this recipe and just wanted to ask, is “full cream milk” the same as whole milk? or is it supposed to be heavy cream?
Hey Susan, thanks for dropping by the blog and apologies for the late reply!
It’s the same as whole milk. Skimmed milk can be used too 🙂
Hi Javier,
Thanks for all your recipes. I especially love the hot milk cake series and am excited to test this banana version too. I have a question which applies to all the cakes… how do I make a bigger / taller version of it? Should I double the recipe and baking time?
Thank you
Hi Icy, I am glad to find a fan of the hot milk cake series like myself! For a bigger version / taller version, you can x 1.5 or x 2 the recipe! I will suggest testing 1.5 x first because when some cakes are x 2 and baked in the same pan, the weight of the cake might create denser bottoms. Hope that helps and feel free to reach out any time if you’ve any questions 😀