easter cake to feed the masses
 
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This recipe makes 2 round cakes and is delicious
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Recipe type: Baking
Serves: 24
What you'll need
  • 300g raw sugar
  • 3 ripe bananas
  • 2 eggs
  • 425g can pineapple pieces in syrup
  • 150mls/1cup canola oil
  • 1 Tbsp vanilla essence/extract
  • 500g plain flour
  • 1tsp bicarb soda
  • 1tsp ground cinnamon
  • 1tsp ginger
  • 80g pecans, roughly chopped
  • 50g butter
  • 250g light cream cheese
  • 1-2 cups icing sugar/raw sugar made into icing sugar in thermomix
Instructions
  1. Place raw sugar in thermomix bowl, process 10 seconds on speed 9.
  2. Add in banana in chunks, pineapple and the syrup, oil, vanilla, eggs and process 10 seconds speed 5.
  3. Add in dry ingredients and process 10 seconds, speed 5.
  4. Add in pecans and process 10 seconds, speed 1, reverse. Pour into 2 greased and lightly floured cake tins and bake in preheated 160C/320F oven for about 50 - 60 minutes until cakes are cooked right through.
  5. Turn out cakes onto cooling racks and leave to cool.Ok we ate some of the 2nd cake as we couldn't wait.
  6. Place butter and cream cheese in mixing bowl, beat together and gradually add in icing sugar until you get the right consistency. The more icing sugar you add the stiffer the icing/frosting.
  7. Enjoy.
Recipe by Retro Mummy at https://retromummy.com/2013/03/26/easter-cake-to-feed-the-masses/