Comments on: Banana - Walnut Cake

by: Girija

Sat, 12 Nov 2011 14:56:43 +0000

Hello Indira Garu

I am from India, Telugu. Mee vantalu mee muchatlu bhale untayi. I bought Bajaj OTG here today hoping to try something in baking.

EE recipe lo vanilla extract omit cheyocha?Ikkada dorukuthudo ledo doubt ga undi

by: Vasumathy

Tue, 22 Mar 2011 13:33:44 +0000

I tried this. It came out excellent. Thanks for the recepie. I tried it with wheat flour and added cocoa powder. The center was mushy. probably because of wheat flour. never mind. it was tasty. Thanks a lot.

by: Debyani

Mon, 13 Dec 2010 02:10:50 +0000

Hi Indira,
I tried this cake out today and it didn’t turn out like yours . I used all the ingredients mentioned - used all purpose flour, brown sugar and some milk too. Even after adding baking powder , the cake didnt rise or become fluffy- the top layer turned hard and the center was mushy and a little raw. Do I have to thin out the batter a lot for this cake?
I would really like to get the cake right- specially because i love ur recipes
thanks!

Sorry to hear that Debyani.
The batter could be thick, thin it out little bit in pourable consistency and bake the cake in middle rack of the oven, not too close to heat source.
Always bring the ingredients to room temperature and prepare the cake batter for best results.
Hope you find these tips helpful.
Good luck, and do leave a comment if it turns out a decent cake.:)
-Indira

by: Nivedita

Tue, 30 Mar 2010 18:45:05 +0000

Hi,
Was searching for a recipe using bananas as i had ripe ones sitting at home. Loved this recipe and went ahead and tried it. Turned out awesome.
made a couple of changes. Did not have walnuts so used almonds. Also i used white sugar. I definitely did add milk as i felt the batter was too thick.
Waiting for my hubby to try it out in the evening and give his comments
Love your blog

by: Anna

Sat, 06 Feb 2010 23:17:01 +0000

Hi Indra,
I just baked this cake with little variation. I added Orange extract instead of Vanilla & plain white sugar instead of brown sugar. Its an awesome recipe.

by: Anjali kumar

Fri, 24 Jul 2009 00:23:08 +0000

HI,

I too cant stop myself posting a thanks note for you.. ) i have been trying cakes from one year and none was thsi much excellent. I got so many compliments from my hubby .. we are vegetarians and in US and were dying to have a nice eggless cake from long time.
once again my hearty thanks to you. AND PLEASE POST SOME NEW CAKES RECEIPES.

ANJALI KUMAR

by: Niranjan

Tue, 07 Apr 2009 03:42:23 +0000

Geetanjali — I’m no expert, but let me offer a couple possibilities on why your cake tasted bitter
1) Too much baking powder
2) You used Baking soda instead of baking powder

by: geetanjali

Mon, 09 Mar 2009 04:45:12 +0000

Hi Indira,
tried the cake,everything went well,came out looking really nice,except one thing. it tasted bitter:-{
where do you think i could have gone wrong?
eagerly waiting for your reply!

by: boeuff

Sun, 17 Aug 2008 16:31:59 +0000

Tried this out today. the cake came out so yummy. had run out of baking powder, so creatively added a pinch of Eno. worked very well.

Cheers

by: Shin

Sun, 15 Jun 2008 12:51:36 +0000

I’ve been looking for a good, fluffy, egg-less banana cake for a while now and this did the trick– given that I don’t eat sweets and half of the cake is gone already, well, it must be love >D
I was afraid the oil would make it to wet, so I substituted it for margarine to keep it vegan.
The batter is thick, but nothing a splash of soj milk won’t help, and the resulting crust is simply delicious.
Thank you for the wonderful recipe.