Date and banana Mix (Burundi)

                                                                               Receta en Español

Date and Banana mix is a cake made using two ingredients very common in Burundi; banana and dates.

Sweets are not commonly consumed in Burundi, but I have found references to this dessert in several web pages, this one among them:http://www.zeraction.com/2015/08/burundian-cuisine-recipes-of-beans-dishes.html , I suppose that they make it only in special occasions.

It is delicious and very easy to cook, I encourage you to try it!.

Ingredients (for a 17x25 cm recipient):

-  250 grams butter.
-  25 grams butter for the final topping.
-  200 grams powdered sugar.
-  2 eggs.
-  500 grams flour.
-  1 package baking powder.
-  Salt.
-  4 Bananas.
-  250 grams dates.
-  2 spoons powdered sugar.
-  1 spoon cinnamon.

Method:

1- If you don't have powdered sugar you can use normal sugar and grind it using a coffee grinder.

2- Put 250 grams of butter in a bowl, once the butter is at room temperature cream it together with 200 grams of powdered sugar until the mix is light and fluffy. 

3- Add eggs one after the other , beat  them and mix well.

4- Add flour, salt and baking powder; mix well until you get an homogeneous mixture.

5- Take an ovenproof mould of 17x25 cm, line it with parchment paper. Put inside the mould half of the mixture and spread it well. 

6- Cut bananas into slices , bananas should be in an optimal state of maturation, nor green nor brown.

Spread the banana slices all over the mixture.

7- Remove pits from dates then cut the meat into little pieces, spread the pieces of dates all over the bananas.

8- Cover with the other half of the mixture, spread it well using a spatule. Leave the Surface of the cake flat.

9- Preheat the oven at  180 ºC, cook the cake for 30 minutes at the same temperature over/under heating.

10- Rigth after taking the cake out of the oven we pour over the surface 25 grams of melted butter. We do it with the help of a cooking brush.

11- Mix the remaining powdered sugar with the cinnamon, spread it over the surface of the cake using a little strainer.

 That's the result:

My comments to the Recipe

Dates mixed with bananas are a delicious combination, this cake has a marvellous taste. It is pretty easy to make! , you should try and taste it.

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