Accra Banana Peanut Cake

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 1 1/4 cups butter, softened
• 2 cups sugar
• 4 eggs, beaten
• 4 cups flour
• 1/4 cup cake flour
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 4 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 8 bananas, mashed
• 1/2 cup peanuts, coarsely chopped
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon

Recipe

• 1 in a large bowl, cream together the butter and sugar. add the eggs and beat to combine. in a separate bowl, stir together the flour, salt, baking powder, and baking soda. stir the flour mixture into the butter mixture alternately with the bananas and peanuts.
• 2 pour the batter into the prepared pan and bake for 30 minutes, or until a wooden skewer inserted in the center comes out clean. remove from the oven and allow to cool on a wire rack.
• 3 stir together the 1/2 cup of sugar and cinnamon. sprinkle the sugar mixture over the top of the cake as soon as you remove it from the oven. makes 1 - 9x13 cake.