Directions

To Make

1. Preheat oven to 160°C.
2. Sift plain flour, baking powder and soda bicarbonate powder, set aside.
3. Beat butter, brown sugar and caster sugar with a mixer till light and fluffy.
4. Add in beaten eggs in 4 additions.
5. In a small sauce pan heat up water and shaved palm sugar (Gula Melaka) to melt.
6. Add in mashed bananas into the egg mixture, followed by melted palm sugar (Gula Melaka).
7. Fold in flour in 3 additions.
8. Pour batter into lined loaf pan and bake for 70 mins on the second lower rack of the oven. Check for doneness with a cake tester before removing from oven.
9. Let cool and serve.