Banana Cake With Crunchy N'dizi And Banana Whipped Cream

Total Time: 1 hr 33 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 3 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened (1 stick)
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 1 teaspoon grated lemon zest
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 eggs
• 1 1/4 cups mashed bananas
• 3/4 cup yogurt
• 6 bananas, peeled and sliced in rounds
• 1 tablespoon water
• 4 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
• 3/4 cup chopped unsalted peanuts
• 1 cup heavy cream
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 tablespoons confectioners' sugar
• 1 banana, mashed

Recipe

• 1 preheat the oven to 350ºf. butter and flour a 9-inch square baking pan.
• 2 combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a medium bowl and set aside.
• 3 in a large bowl, beat the butter, sugar, lemon zest, and vanilla with a mixer until fluffy.
• 4 add the eggs one at a time, mixing well after each addition.
• 5 stir in the banana, and then the flour mixture into the batter, alternating with the yogurt, until blended.
• 6 pour the batter into the prepared pan and bake for 45 to 50 minutes, until golden and a knife inserted in the center comes out clean.
• 7 let the cake cool in its pan for 10 minutes, then remove from the pan and set on a wire rack to finish cooling.
• 8 n'dizi.
• 9 preheat the oven to 400ºf.
• 10 warm a skillet over medium-high heat and add the banana rounds and water to the skillet, cover and let steam for 1 minute.
• 11 drain the liquid.
• 12 dip the banana rounds in melted butter, coat with chopped nuts and set on a baking tray.
• 13 bake for 4 minutes, then flip the rounds and bake for 4- 6 minutes until the peanuts are roasted.
• 14 banana whipped cream.
• 15 beat the cream, vanilla and confectioners' sugar until stiff peaks formand then fold in the mashed banana.
• 16 to serve, cut the cake into squares and top with the banana whipped cream and crunchy n'dizi.