Banana Cinnamon Cake With Apricot Glaze

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 35 mins

Ingredients

• 4 bananas (medium size, ripe)
• 100 g brown sugar (or to taste)
• 100 g hazelnuts (ground)
• 100 g flour
• 50 g butter
• 50 ml canola oil
• 2 eggs (large)
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon orange zest
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 3 tablespoons apricot jam
• 1 teaspoon rum (optional)

Recipe

• 1 mix butter, oil and sugar until fluffy.
• 2 add eggs and mix again until of thick texture.
• 3 add cinnamon, orange zest and vanilla extract and mix again.
• 4 slowly add hazelnuts.
• 5 mix baking powder and flour and add to dough.
• 6 mash bananas (best using a fork) and add to dough. mix until soft and creamy.
• 7 transfer dough to a buttered cake pan and bake at 175°c for about 35-40 minutes.
• 8 glaze: heat jam in a pot or in the microwave oven until liquid.
• 9 stain hot jam through a sieve (to avoid chunks on top of the cake).
• 10 mix, if desired, with rum.
• 11 brush hot cake with apricot mixture and let cool.