My Very Popular Banana Cake With Caramel Icing

Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• 125 g butter
• 3/4 cup brown sugar, firmly packed
• 2 eggs
• 1 cup mashed banana (3 bananas)
• 1 1/2 cups self raising flour, sifted
• 1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
• 3/4 cup sour cream
• 1 tablespoon milk
• 60 g butter
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 2 tablespoons sour cream
• 1 1/2 cups icing sugar

Recipe

• 1 grease a 14cm x 21cm loaf tin.
• 2 cream butter and sugar in a small bowl until light and fluffy, preferably with an electric mixer.
• 3 beat in the eggs one at a time and transfer the mixture into a large bowl. stir in mashed banana (it's easiest to mash it with a fork).
• 4 stir in half sifted dry ingredients and half sour cream and milk; stir well.
• 5 stir in remaining dry ingredients and sour cream; stir until smooth.
• 6 pour mixture into pan.
• 7 bake in a moderate over for about 1 hour. stand for five minutes before turning onto a wire rack to cool.
• 8 icing:.
• 9 melt butter and sugar, stir constantly without boiling for two minutes.
• 10 add sour cream, bring to boil. remove from heat, stir in sifted icing sugar. ice immediately as it sets very quickly.