Banging banoffee cake recipe

Ingredients

• 200 g caster sugar
• 200 g margarine
• 4 eggs
• 1 tsp vanilla essence
• splash of milk
• 200 g self-raising flour
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 3 bananas
• 300 ml double cream
• 397 g can caramel
• Grated chocolate
• 4 tbsp soft brown sugar
• 1 vanilla pod
• 85 g butter

Method

1. Heat the oven to 180°C (gas 4). Grease and line two Victoria sandwich tins.
2. Beat the caster sugar and margarine until pale and airy. Beat in the eggs, vanilla and milk, then mix in the flour and baking powder. Mash two bananas and fold them through the batter.
3. Divide between the tins and bake for about 30 minutes, until the cakes spring back when lightly pressed. Turn out and cool completely.
4. Whip the cream, then fold in one quarter of the caramel. Mash the remaining banana into the remaining caramel and spread it over one cake. Sandwich with the second cake, cover with the caramel cream and finish with grated chocolate.
5. For the sauce, warm the brown sugar, vanilla pod and butter until smooth. Remove the pod and serve the sauce hot with slices of cake.