How long and how is the banana cake baked?

The batter goes into a well-greased and dusted loaf pan (loaf/pound cake) and bakes for about 1/2 hour. Count around 75 minutes total including mixing and decorating.

How is the cake decorated?

The bananas are cleaned and split lengthwise in two and laid over the cake. Then it is decorated with meringue or cream (1/4 liter cream in the recipe).

Can the cake be filled?

Yes, according to the recipe the cake can be split in two and filled with banana purée.

How much baking powder and flour go into the batter?

200 g wheat flour with 2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder stirred into the flour. Otherwise 160 g butter, 200 g sugar, 2 eggs, and 1 1/2 deciliters milk.

Banana Cake

Banana cake from Erken's Stor kokebok 1914: a butter cake of 160 g butter, 200 g sugar, 2 eggs, 1.5 dl milk, 200 g flour and baking powder, baked in a loaf pan and decorated with split bananas and cream or meringue.

Source: Henriette Schønberg Erken, Stor kokebok, 1914-utg. s. 524 (falt i det fri)

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About the dish

From the chapter "Cakes for dessert" in Stor kokebok (1914). In 1914 bananas were a new and exotic item in Norway, and the recipe shows how imported fruit found its way into the middle-class dessert home.

How to make it

1
Preparation
Heat the oven to 175 °C (345 °F). Grease a loaf pan well and dust it with flour or dried breadcrumbs.
2
Make the batter
Cream the butter and sugar until white and fluffy. Add the milk and the beaten eggs, and finally blend in the flour with the baking powder stirred into it.
3
Bake the cake
Pour the batter into the pan and bake the cake for about 30–40 minutes, until it is baked through and a cake tester comes out clean.
4
Decorate
Split the peeled bananas lengthwise in two and lay them over the cooled cake. Decorate with whipped cream or with meringue lightly browned in the oven.
5
Variation
The cake can also be split lengthwise in two and filled with banana purée.

Changes from the original

Measures are converted to modern units (deciliters, grams, teaspoon/tablespoon). "Pande" is interpreted as a loaf pan, and the baking temperature and time are specified for a modern oven. Otherwise unchanged.

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1914 (proofread, p. 524) → Modernised~81% of the text changedremovedadded

160 ~~gr.~~ g smør (romtemperert). 200 ~~gr. sukker~~ g sukker. 2 stk egg ~~1 1/2 del. melk~~ (vispet). 1,5 dl melk. 200 ~~gr. hvetemel 2 1/2 teske bakepulver~~ g hvetemel. 2,5 ts bakepulver. 4 ~~bananer 1/4 l. krem marengs.~~ stk bananer. 2,5 dl kremfløte (til pynt, eventuelt marengs i stedet). smør og strøkavring (til formen). Sett ovnen på 175 °C. Smør en avlang brødform godt og strø den med mel eller strøkavring.. Rør smør og sukker ~~røres hvitt; tilsæt~~ hvitt og luftig. Tilsett melken og de vispede ~~egg~~ eggene, og ~~melet, hvori~~ bland til sist inn melet som bakepulveret er ~~utrørt. Haves~~ rørt ut i.. Hell røren i ~~godt smurt~~ formen og ~~strøet avlang pande, stekes~~ stek kaken i ca. ~~1/2 time. De rensede bananer deles langs efter~~ 30–40 minutter, til den er gjennomstekt og en kakepinne kommer ren ut.. Del de skrelte bananene i to på langs og ~~lægges~~ legg dem over ~~kaken; pyntes~~ den avkjølte kaken. Pynt med ~~marengs~~ pisket krem eller ~~krem.~~ med marengs som brunes svakt i ovnen.. Kaken kan også deles i to på langs og ~~fyldes~~ fylles med bananpuré.

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Mål er omregnet til moderne enheter (desiliter, gram, teskje/spiseskje). «Pande» er tolket som avlang brødform, og steketemperatur og -tid er presisert for moderne ovn. Ellers uendret.

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Frequently asked questions

How long and how is the banana cake baked?: The batter goes into a well-greased and dusted loaf pan (loaf/pound cake) and bakes for about 1/2 hour. Count around 75 minutes total including mixing and decorating.
How is the cake decorated?: The bananas are cleaned and split lengthwise in two and laid over the cake. Then it is decorated with meringue or cream (1/4 liter cream in the recipe).
Can the cake be filled?: Yes, according to the recipe the cake can be split in two and filled with banana purée.
How much baking powder and flour go into the batter?: 200 g wheat flour with 2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder stirred into the flour. Otherwise 160 g butter, 200 g sugar, 2 eggs, and 1 1/2 deciliters milk.

Equipment for this dish

Stand mixer →Erken kneaded and whisked by hand for ages – a stand mixer does the work for you.Engrospris.no

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