Sponge cake:
4 eggs
1,5 dl sugar
1,5 dl flour
1 tablespoons cocoa powder
1 teaspoon baking powder
- 24 cm (9˝ inch) round cake pan
Between
layers:
˝-1 dl milk or juice
2 dl heavy cream
2 teaspoons sugar
vanilla essence
1-2 bananas
Brown
icing:
25 g butter or margarine
2,5 tablespoons strong coffee
1 tablespoons cocoa powder
~ 2 dl icing sugar
vanilla essence
White icing:
Mix 1 dl icing sugar with approximately 1-1˝ tsp water till
smooth.
DIRECTIONS:
Bake a sponge cake or use another cake recipe you
like.
Sponge cake: Beat eggs and sugar With an electric mixer until pale and
thick. Whisk together flour and baking powder in a bowl and add to egg
mixture. Mix until smooth. Pour batter into buttered and floured pan.
Bake for 30-40 minutes (oven preheated to 180 ° C / 350 ° F) until the
cake is golden brown and begins to pull away from the sides of the pan.
Let the cake cool completely.
Halve
the cake horizontally with a long knife. Moisturize both layers with
milk or juice. Beat whipping cream until soft peaks form and mix in
sugar and vanilla essence. Spread whipped cream over the first layer
and cover it with banana slices Put the top layer on and press
slightly.
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