🇸🇨 Seychellois Cuisine

Gâteau Banane

Banana Cake

Prep Time 1 hour
Servings 8
Difficulty Easy
Calories 321 kcal

A moist, dense banana cake flavoured with vanilla and cinnamon, baked until golden and served as a teatime treat across the Seychelles.

Ingredients

Instructions

  1. 1 Preheat oven to 180C. Grease and flour a loaf pan.
  2. 2 Mash bananas in a large bowl until smooth. Add melted butter and sugar, mix well.
  3. 3 Beat in eggs one at a time. Add vanilla extract.
  4. 4 In a separate bowl, combine flour, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon, and salt.
  5. 5 Fold dry ingredients into banana mixture until just combined. Do not overmix.
  6. 6 Pour into prepared pan. Bake forty to forty-five minutes until a skewer comes out clean. Cool before slicing.

Did You Know?

Every Seychellois bakery has its own secret gâteau banane recipe, and competitions at local fairs are fiercely contested.