Gula Melaka Banana Cake

Recipe adapted from Cuisine Paradise

Ingredients :
250g butter

140g shaved gula melaka (I only left about 100g gula melaka at home)

1/2 tsp vanilla extract

4 eggs 

270g self-raising flour

1/4 tsp baking soda

1/4 tsp salt

240g ripe bananas, mashed
60g chopped walnuts (omitted)

30ml kahlua
* 30g shaved gula melaka, optional (omitted)
* some extra walnuts (whole) and bananas (sliced) for decoration (omitted)

Method :

1. Preheat the oven to 170C, grease and line cake pan with baking paper. Or for easy serving, bake them in individual cupcake case.

2. Beat butter, shaved gula melaka and vanilla using an electric mixer until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs one at a time until well mixed.

3. Next fold in half portion of the sifted flours (flour, baking soda and salt) till well mixed, add in mashed banana and stir till combined with the remaining flours.

4. Lastly stir in kahula and chopped walnuts, mixed till combined.

5. Pour batter into prepared cake pan, top with sliced banana, walnuts and generous amount of shaved gula melaka.

6. Bake in preheated oven for approximately 50 minutes until a skewer in the middle comes out clean. For cupcake size, bake for approximately 20 - 25 minutes.

7. Cool cake completely in the pan on top of the wire rack before cutting.