Banana Cake

Everyone loves this recipe. Indonesian or not. Our friends (Indonesian) tasted this and asked if I could make on for their family. I made a whole 9x13. The mother, Ibu Bedah, was the one that asked for the 9x13. When we brought it over to them, her husband, Pak Lely, and their son, Rizal, answered the door. It was funny because apparently they had no clue that Ibu Bedah had asked us to make it. They were so surprised to see plate after plate come. BTW, we eat this as a breakfast food. We got this from The Wycliffe International Cookbook. Here it is.

        Banana Cake

½ cup oil

2 cups white sugar

4 eggs

6 medium-large bananas (if using real small bananas use 7 or 8)

1 teaspoon vanilla

2½ cups all-purpose flour

1 teaspoon baking soda

½ teaspoon salt

1 cup milk

·         Combine and beat the oil, sugar, and eggs. Add and mix well bananas and vanilla.

·         In a separate bowl, combine flour, baking soda, and salt.

·         Preheat the oven to 180C (350F).

·          Add alternately, with the milk, to the banana mixture, stirring well. Then beat. Pour in a greased 9x13.

·         Bake for 20-40 mins.

Substitute For..... Apples

I don’t know if you can do this in America or not. Here is one of the veggies you can get a lot of. And it is one of the best replacements for apples! Here it is.

        Substitute For….. Apples

Labu siam (chayote squash)

•          All you do is use (un) (maybe)cooked labu siam(BTW, that is the pic above), That is it.