Vegan Banana Celebration Cake (5061766386)

A banana cake is a

cake Cake is a flour confection made from flour, sugar, and other ingredients, and is usually baked. In their oldest forms, cakes were modifications of bread, but cakes now cover a wide range of preparations that can be simple or elaborate ...

prepared using

banana A banana is an elongated, edible fruit – botanically a berry – produced by several kinds of large herbaceous flowering plants in the genus ''Musa''. In some countries, bananas used for cooking may be called "plantains", disting ...

as a primary ingredient and typical cake ingredients. It can be prepared in various manners, including as a layer cake, as muffins and as cupcakes.

Steamed Steaming is a method of cooking using steam. This is often done with a food steamer, a kitchen appliance made specifically to cook food with steam, but food can also be steamed in a wok. In the American southwest, steam pits used for cooking hav ...

banana cake is found in Chinese, Indonesian and

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. In the

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, the term "banana cake" refers to

banana bread Banana bread is a type of cake made from mashed bananas. It is often a moist and sweet quick bread but some recipes are yeast raised. History Banana bread recipes began to feature in well-known cookbooks across North America as baking soda and b ...

introduced during the

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Preparation

Banana cake is prepared using

as a primary ingredient and typical cake ingredients such as flour, sugar, eggs, butter, margarine or oil and baking soda. The bananas can be mashed or

purée A purée (or mash) is cooked food, usually vegetables, fruits or legumes, that has been ground, pressed, blended or sieved to the consistency of a creamy paste or liquid. Purées of specific foods are often known by specific names, e.g., app ...

d using a food processor or electric mixer and mixed into the cake batter, and the cake can also be topped or garnished with sliced bananas. Banana cake may be prepared as a use for browned or overly-ripe bananas. Chocolate may be used as an ingredient, which along with the banana is an enjoyable flavor combination for some people. Nuts such as walnuts and macadamias may be used in the batter and to top and garnish the cake. An icing or glaze may be used in the cake's preparation, which can include alcoholic beverages such as bourbon in it. Banana cake can be baked, and also prepared as a

steamed Steaming is a method of cooking using steam. This is often done with a food steamer, a kitchen appliance made specifically to cook food with steam, but food can also be steamed in a wok. In the American southwest, steam pits used for cooking hav ...

cake, for which a

food steamer A food steamer or steam cooker is a small kitchen appliance used to cook or prepare various foods with steam heat by means of holding the food in a closed vessel reducing steam escape. This manner of cooking is called steaming. History Foo ...

may be used. Banana cake may have a moist texture. It can be prepared as a

layer cake A layer cake (US English) or sandwich cake (UK English) is a cake consisting of multiple stacked sheets of cake, held together by frosting or another type of filling, such as jam or other preserves. Most cake recipes can be adapted for lay ...

, and the cake batter can be used to prepare banana

muffin A muffin is an individually portioned baked product, however the term can refer to one of two distinct items: a part-raised flatbread (like a crumpet) that is baked and then cooked on a griddle (typically unsweetened), or an (often sweetene ...

s and

cupcake A cupcake (also British English: fairy cake; Hiberno-English: bun) is a small cake designed to serve one person, which may be baked in a small thin paper or aluminum cup. As with larger cakes, frosting and other cake decorations such as frui ...

s. It can be prepared as a

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dish and as a low-fat dish. File:Banana cake slices.jpg, Slices of banana cake File:Chocolate banana cake garnished with strawberry ice cream.jpg, A chocolate banana cake garnished with strawberry ice cream File:Banana cake.jpg, A banana cake garnished with sliced banana

Types

In Chinese cuisine

In Chinese cuisine, banana cake is a type of ''gao'', which refers to steamed, flour-based cakes. Chinese ''gao'' is typically served along with meals or between meals with tea, and is typically not served as a dessert.

Bánh chuối

Bánh chuối is a Vietnamese banana cake or bread pudding. The cake is typically steamed, and the bread pudding may be baked.

Kue nagasari

Kue nagasari is a popular Indonesian steamed banana cake that can be prepared using banana, mung bean flour or rice flour, coconut milk and sugar. File:Best banana pancake Hoi An, Vietnam.jpg, Bánh chuối prepared in the style of a pancake File:Kue pisang nagasari dibuka.JPG, Unwrapped kue nagasari

References

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