I want to let you in on a little fact. It’ll either make you love this banana cake recipe, or well, make you not love it but here it is: this recipe contains condensed milk. And because I could more than happily sustain life by injecting condensed milk directly into my blood stream, this fact means that I Absolutely Love This Recipe and also because I do believe sharing is caring, here I am sharing it with you.
My mum’s banana cake recipe.
As you can imagine, this recipe has been honed to laser perfection over the years. It’s unique not only because it uses condensed milk *nom* but also includes the juice of an orange, resulting in seriously the moistest, softest, most scrumptious banana cake you’ll ever have.
My mum usually bakes them in two loaf tins, but I’m sure you can also make it in one round tin if you so please 
And I pried the recipe away from her little hands just to share with you. See how much I love you guys? 
Happy baking!
ps. For those of you orange haters out there (which kinda sorta includes me, I don’t like orange flavoured cakes, especially with chocolate!), you can’t taste the orange juice in this recipe. It just makes it moister!
| Banana cake |
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| 225 grams sugar (mum sometimes reduces this to 180 grams depending on how sweet she wants it) 250 grams butter 3 eggs 3-4 medium sized banana, ripe (equivalent of 1 cup mashed) 280 grams plain flour 1 teaspoon baking powder 1 teaspoon baking soda 2 tablespoons condensed milk Juice of 1 orange (approx 100mL) |
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| Serves 10-12. |
This cake looks fantastic! I bet a few good slices of this will gain some of your strength back
I only wish banana prices weren’t hitting the roof at the moment, I miss bananas!!
lovely banana cake recipe! thanks for sharing catty! hope you’re doing well there.
Bless your mum. Not only will I try this,..I will EMBRACE it. These pictures have captured the essence of MOIST. I didn’t think anyone could outshine MY banana stuff. But my psychic taste buds tell me that your mum is the better woman. Give her hugs for me and tell her she is tops for letting you share her recipe. She has managed to ring the Happy Bell deep in the California mountains while it is pouring rain outside and making music on the red metal roof.
Hehe well you said the magic words-condensed milk! How are you feeling Catty?
I LOVE condensed milk. Will have to try this soon.
Maria: I knowwww.. poor banana farmers what can they do though? I love a good banana cake, like carrot cake, it almost feels healthy
Melissa: Thanks! I am recovering well!
Linda: you got one thing right, my mum rocks
try the recipe and lemme know if it’s better! hehehe!
Lorraine: CONDENSED MILK. I feel better instantly! Hehe no really, I am definitely recovering, getting stronger day by day
Koreen: who doesn’t!!!
Banana Cake love!! Although ‘summer’ is starting and it’s getting hotter and more humid by the day, I am in a baking zone. This is going on the to-make list! Thank goodness I am awash in a variety of bananas here…8-D
Look delicious… Maybe ask lopO to follow n make me some.
This looks like life sustaining stuff. What a brilliant mum.
Condensed milk and banana in a cake – there is nothing that could possibly go wrong! This should help you recover quickly, I hope you are feeling much better already. In the meantime keep posting lovely family recipes!
Tracey: baking is a total all year activity, Tracey!
Bigkoko: Lol, yeah ask the lopo to make it, it’s delicious!
Tori: Definitely recovery food!
Ute: Right?? CONDENSED MILK IN ANYTHING! It definitely makes me better
Hi Catty, glad you’re on the mend. Condensed milk to you! By the way, your recipe says 280 oz of plain flour – is this right, or should it be grams?
Ack! it’s GRAMS thanks for pointing it out!!!!
Wow1 Love the recipe , sounds delicious, I bet my family would love it
Condensed milk IN banana cake? I like it already. Bookmarked.
That’s right….. believe it. And it tastes awesome!
Just made this cake for my daughter and I must say IT IS one fo the MOST MOIST Banana Cake i’ve ever tried! Perfect! Your mom really rocks!
PS: I think the sugar needs to be adjusted based on the sweetness of the bananas, in my case they were very sweet so will need to reduce even more.
I’m so glad you liked it! It IS the best recipe isn’t it? and really easy to follow
Yeah my mum reduces the sugar right down too. Yay!
Hello!
i am planning on making this tomorrow because it looks delicious, but only have two sad brown bananas to use. Just wondering what size loaf tin you bake it in so I can halve the recipe and use a tin half the size?
Thanks!
Hi Natalie!
The loaf tins we used were 8.5 x 4.5 x 2.5 inches – with this recipe we use TWO loafs tins so with half the recipe (ie your two sad bananas
) you can just use one loaf tin. Hope that helps!
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This banana cake recipe is very unique with orange juice and condensed milk.
I hope to try it out the next time I have some bananas
Try it I’m sure you’ll like it!
Just made this very moist banana cake but used “caramel condensed milk” and it turned out absolutely scrumptious. I baked the cake in my new round silicone baking pan which doesn’t need greasing which is so convenient to use, especially for this lovely cake. Thank you.
are you sure it is delecious
I made this cake last week, the only changes I made were baking time (took aaaages in a round tin) and I sprinkled the top with granulated brown sugar before baking. It was amazing. My husband who doesn’t normally like cake was arguing over the last bit and all in all it was a great success. I am going to be making this cake on a regular basis! Thank you, and thanks to your Mum
I love good feedback! My mum would be soooo happy
it’s the best recipe right????
Hiii!!!
What a great cake..I used caramel condensed as none of other in cupboard and it bakes a huge cake..did in round tin and yes bakes about 90mins on 170 deg c but worth it and family absolutely love it…so happy to finally find a PERFECT sized sweet moist yummy banana cake..thanks Catty
WOW! This has now become my favourite cake to make, everyone loves it as well. Also it’s practically healthy right? One of your five a day
Thanks to you and your Mum too! x
Thanks Deb and Nina – always love to hear good feedback about this recipe, it makes my mum so happy!!
delicious recipe.can i use the same recipe to make cup cakes?
Yes definitely, in fact that’s how I make them most of the time now
Bake in the oven for less time though – try about 15-20 mins, and just check by inserting the skewer. Once the skewer comes out clean it is done 
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