Banana cake

I was a very productive girl yesterday morning, baking up a storm including a birthday cake for one of my housemates. The recipe I used for this banana cake is a nostalgic one as it is one from my childhood and comes from my grandma's church recipe book. I don't have a copy of the book here with me in Vancouver, but a while back I asked my mum to email me the recipe. Since then I have been waiting for the opportunity to bake the banana cake, a recipe I baked many times previously. The recipe is as follows:

• 1/2 cup margarine
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 tsp bicarb soda
• 2 tbsp warm milk
• 1 and 1/2 cup self raising flour (I used all purpose)
• 2 eggs
• 3 bananas
• 1/2 tsp vanilla

Cream butter and sugar, add bananas that have been well mashed, then beaten eggs & vanilla. Dissolve soda in milk & add alternatively with flour until mixed. Put into 2 greased log cake tins.

Bake Elec. 375 for 40 minutes.

Bake Gas 350 for 45 minutes.

Check after 25 to 30 minutes.

I baked the cake in a round tin at 375 for approximately 35 minutes, but I probably could have taken it out a few minutes earlier. The frosting was a buttercream one that I whipped up and the finishing touch was some white chocolate chips. As you can see I can still do with some practice when it comes to frosting cakes, but it did taste pretty good.