American
Cinnamon Spice Olive Oil Cake with Bananas
- Prep time 25 minutes
- Cook time 40 minutes
- Makes a 9 inch round cake
Author Notes
I wanted to add a little more texture to the Maialino's Olive Oil Cake recipe, so I added masa. It seemed to work well. The original plan for the filling was bananas foster, but I did not have any rum on hand, so opted for a fried banana filling that was close to fried plantain texture and taste. I think it kept the cake from being too sweet. I frosted the cake with homemade cinnamon whipped cream. It was excellent. —Melissa
What You'll Need
Ingredients
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2 cups
flour
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200 grams
sugar
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1 1/2 teaspoons
salt
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1/3 cup
masa
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1/2 teaspoon
baking soda
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1/2 teaspoon
baking powder
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2 tablespoons
finely shredded coconut
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1 1/3 cups
extra-virgin olive oil
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1 1/4 cups
whole milk
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3
eggs
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1 1/2 tablespoons
freshly grated orange zest
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1/4 cup
orange juice
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1 tablespoon
vanilla extract
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2
medium bananas
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2 tablespoons
butter
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1 tablespoon
brown sugar
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1 1/2 teaspoons
ground cinnamon
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1/4 teaspoon
ground nutmeg
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1/4 teaspoon
ground cloves
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1 tablespoon
vanilla extract
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12 ounces
heavy whipping cream
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1 tablespoon
sugar
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2 teaspoons
ground cinnamon
Directions
- Preheat your oven to 350° F. Oil a 9-inch round baking pan. Line the bottom with parchment paper.
- Combine flour, sugar, baking soda, baking powder and salt in a bowl.
- Whisk together olive oil, milk, eggs, zest, juice and vanilla in a separate bowl. Add the dry ingredients, mix until just combined.
- Mix masa and shredded coconut into the batter. Pour batter into pan. Bake 40 minutes, or until tester comes out clean.
- Cool cake 15 minutes. Invert and cool completely on a rack or plate.
- To make the filling, melt butter in a pan. Add brown sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves. Slice bananas about 1/4 inch thick. Add to pan. Cook until structural integrity of bananas is lost and some of the sugar starts to caramelize. Add 1 tablespoon of vanilla. Cook for 2 additional minutes to incorporate the vanilla flavor throughout.
- Combine sugar, cinnamon and whipping cream using an electric mixer on high until cream holds semi-stiff peaks.
- Slice the completely cooled cake in half to make two layers. Spread fried bananas and whipped cream between the two layers. Frost with remaining whipped cream. Enjoy!
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