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Creole Banana Cake Recipe
 
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Creole Banana Cake
Flavors of Guadeloupe
Total time: 30 to 60 minutes

Prep. time: 20 minutes
Baking time: 30 minutes

 
Difficulty: Easy
Chef's Note

This cake provides all the flavors of the tropics: banana, coconut, cinnamon and vanilla.

For a more elegant presentation, serve it with a crème anglaise flavored with a little dark rum.

Ingredients
- 150 g (5 oz.) flour
- 50-75 (3-5 tbsp.) cream
- Juice of 1 lemon
- 1 egg
- 1 coconut (or about 150 ml / 10 tbsp. grated coconut)
- 4-5 bananas
- A pinch each of cinnamon and salt
- A few drops of vanilla
Method
  1. make a thick dough by combining the flour and cream; add the cinnamon, salt, vanilla and juice of a lemon; 
  2. roll the dough out with a rolling pin; cut out 2 layers like pie crusts;
  3. line a pie plate with one layer;
  4. top with the sliced bananas;
  5. cover with the top layer and crimp the edges to seal; 
  6. brush with egg yolk and sprinkle with sugar and grated coconut; 
  7. bake in a moderate oven (180° C / 350° F) for about 30 minutes until nicely browned. 
 
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Photo : ID 11421697 / tobi / MSCOMM

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