Brazilian Banana Cake
This Brazilian Banana Cake recipe (or bolo de banana) is a simple Brazilian cake recipe. This recipe gives you a tasty cake to enjoy with your coffee or tea.
This recipe is borrowed (i.e. stolen) from my wife.
Cake in Brazil
My wife is Brazilian and believe me, Brazilians do love their cakes. I have spent many months travelling for business in Brazil and staying in Brazilian hotels.
During my 16 trips to Brazil, I have visited several states. Namely; Espirito Santo, Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro in the Central East region of Brazil. But I have also visited Minas Gerais. It would be nice to see more as Brazil is such an amazing country.
One of the things that always amazed me was the fantastic choice of cakes available at breakfast (Yes, BREAKFAST!) in these places. Banana cake, or maybe you may call it banana bread where you come from, was often available amongst all the other sweet delights.
The ubiquitous soft white ‘french’ rolls are also a great way to start the day in Brazil with a strong sweet coffee.
Brazilian Cuisine
Although I was lucky enough to travel to different states in Brazil, it was limited as Brazil is such a massive country. Brazilian cuisine is very regional so recipes will change depending on where you are.
For example, moqueca, a delicious type of fish stew, is very different in Espirito Santo (where it is called ‘moqueca capixaba’) than in other parts of Brazil.
I love Brazilian food and drink; the pastéis (pastries), feijoada (bean stew), manioc (casava, yuca or manioc), and churrascaria (Brazilian BBQ), amongst others, and of course especially the cachaça which is used for making the national cocktail, the Caipirinha.
No doubt the banana cakes will also differ between states, but this cake de banana is one we like. It is quick and easy to prepare and good as a dessert or a snack with your afternoon tea.
If you ever get the chance to visit Brazil, you should take it. Even if it is just a local traditional Brazilian restaurant, if you have one nearby. The food is great!
Bake with your kids
If you are lucky enough to have kids, teaching them to cook or bake is a great way to spend quality time together.
My daughter and I baked this cake together and she has made a video for you of her preparing this cake, just to show how easy it is:
I hope you enjoyed her video!
Good luck trying this recipe. Please let me know how you get on in the comments section below!
How to make a Brazilian Banana Cake
Brazilian Banana Cake
This tasty Brazilian Banana Cake is a typical type of cake found at a Brazilian breakfast. This simple recipe is delicious served on its own.
Ingredients
- 2 cups white granulated sugar
- 4 tbsp softened butter
- 4 eggs
- 2 cups plain flour
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1 tbsp baking powder
- 4 ripe bananas
For Sprinkling
- 1 tsp Icing sugar
- 1/2 tbsp ground cinnamon
Instructions
- Pre-heat the oven to 180C. Then butter and flour a suitable baking tin.
- Sprinkle the bottom of the tin with the cinnamon powder and icing sugar.
- Mix the softened butter with the sugar. Then add the eggs one by one, add the flour and mix together well. (It is of course a lot easier to do this with a mixer, but you can do it by hand).
- Peel the bananas and mash them to a pulp with a fork.
- Add the banana, the baking powder and baking soda to the batter mix and mix together well until there are no lumps.
- Pour the batter into the tin and put in the oven for 40 minutes or until the cake has browned. It is done when a knife placed in the middle comes out clean.
Notes
Sprinkle with some icing sugar to decorate.
It is, of course, a lot easy to use a mixer to mix your batter, if you have one.
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Nutrition Information:
Yield:
12Serving Size:
1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 300Total Fat: 6gSaturated Fat: 3gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 2gCholesterol: 72mgSodium: 230mgCarbohydrates: 59gFiber: 2gSugar: 38gProtein: 5g
This nutrition information was automatically calculated by Nutritionix, but may not be 100% accurate.
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What size cake tin should i use?
I used a 10″ springform cake tin.
You forgot to add the (4) eggs to your preparation–usually added one at a time, after mixing sugar and butter, and before mixing in dried ingredients.
Thanks so much for your comment Carmen. I have corrected the instructions. We sort of got it right in the video though!!