Banana Cake Gone Tropo

Ingredients

1 1/2 cups flour
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp nutmeg
1 tsp baking soda
1 cup CSR white sugar
3 eggs lightly beaten
1 cup buttermilk
1/2 cup chopped walnuts
1 cup sultanas
1 x 225g can crushed pineapple pieces drained
2 cups over-ripe bananas mashed

Cream Cheese Icing:
100g cream cheese
2 cups CSR icing sugar
grated rind and juice of 1 lemon

Method

Sift flour, spices and soda into a large bowl, stir in remaining ingredients until just combined. Pour mixture into well-greased or baking-paper lined 25cm baking tin. Bake for 60 minutes at 180°C. Let stand for 10 minutes. Turn onto cake rake to cool. Spread with cream cheese icing.

To make the icing, soften cream cheese, add icing sugar and grated lemon rind. Mix, adding enough lemon juice to get the right consistency to spread. Mix until smooth. Delicious served with a dollop of cream for afternoon tea.

White Sugar

Ingredients: cane sugar

Here's one we all know and love! The uniform size of the sugar crystals gives you a regular texture and consistency, making it the perfect ingredient for baking and sweets.

Pure Icing Sugar

Ingredients: cane sugar

While no cake would be complete without it, icing sugar can also be used to make goodies such as shortbread, cream fillings, marshmallow, and fondant; anywhere a smooth, soft finished texture is required. CSR Pure Icing Sugar is the perfect icing sugar for all your traditional and decorative special icing needs. As CSR Pure Icing Sugar is 100% natural sugar this ensures the icing has a firm setting quality every time.