Walnut Banana Cake

Banana and walnut loaf cake baked in a tin on Combi Bake over water.

  • 1 h 10 min start to finish
  • Serves 4
  • Works on every CombiWorks on your US 14-in-1Works on your UK & EU 12-in-1Works on your India 14-in-1
Walnut Banana Cake

Set your Combi

SwitchCombi Cooker
  1. Combi Bake180°C355°F15min
Start to finish1 h 10 min40 min prep + 30 min cooking
ShelfLevel 1 (Combi pan with crisper plate)
Water in the pan350 ml1½ cups water in the Combi pan
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You'll need

Level 1 (Combi pan)

Bottom shelf

  • Water-350 ml1½ cups

Cake/bake tin

  • Mashed ripe banana-200 g7 oz
  • Refine flour-120 g1 cup4 oz
  • Baking powder-4 g¾ tsp
  • Baking soda-2 g½ tsp
  • Brown sugar-20 g1½ tbsp
  • Sugar-60 g¼ cup + 1 tbsp2 oz
  • Unsalted butter-40 g3 tbsp
  • Milk-100 ml⅓ cup + 1 tbsp
  • Vanilla essence -5 ml1 tsp
  • Walnut-40 g1½ oz
  • Salt-1 g¼ tsp

Method

  1. Place water in combi pan. Put Crisper plate over it. Slide the pan into Level 1.
  2. For CAKE BATTER: Take a bowl, mash the ripe banana followed by adding all liquid ingredients like vanilla essence and butter (NOTE- avoid adding salt if you are using salted butter).
  3. Put all dry ingredients in same bowl, mix it well together by adding milk (NOTE- no lumps should be there).

    Our tip Sift the flour, baking powder and soda into the bowl so they mix in smoothly in a few strokes. Stop once no dry flour shows; beating longer makes the cake tough.

  4. Pour this batter into grease cake tin, garnish top with walnut & transfer this cake tin into COMBI PAN over crisper plate.

    Our tip A 20 cm (8 in) tin fits on the crisper plate in the Combi pan; a 22 cm one is too wide.

  5. Move the SmartSwitch to Cooker mode, choose function COMBI BAKE, set temperature 180°C355°F and bake it for (the unit will preheat for before cooking).
  6. Once baking done, insert toothpick it should come out clean. Let it cool down for before serving. Enjoy.

Source: Walnut Banana Cake by Kunjesh Raval, SharkNinja India