Banana cake

Name: Banana cake (Poe de plátano)
Yield: Serves 12
Cuisine: Chilean
Ingredients: 600 ml/1 pint/2½ cups vegetable oil, plus extra for greasing; 400 g/14 oz/3½ cups white sugar; 1 kg/2¼ lb pumpkin, peeled and coarsely grated; 450 g/15 oz/3 cups grated fresh coconut; 675 g/1½ lb/6 cups plain (all-purpose) flour, sifted; 1.3 kg/3 lb ripe bananas

Poe de plátano

Preparation info

Serves
12

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Food and Cooking of Chile

By Boris Basso Benelli

Published 2014

About

This delectable and unique cake comes from Easter Island, where you can find more than 15 different types of banana, varying in size and taste. Bananas are eaten on this remote island during most meals as a vegetable accompaniment.

Ingredients

1.3 kg/3 lb ripe bananas
1 kg/2¼

Americas
Chile
Easter Island
Dessert
Cake
Easter
Vegan

Method

Preheat the oven to 180°C/350°F/Gas 4. Squish the bananas with your hand in a large bowl. Add the grated pumpkin and half the flour and mix with your hands to combine.