Easy Banana Cake

Equipment
1 saucepan

Ingredients
125 g butter
3/4 cup caster sugar

1 tsp vanilla essence
1 egg
2 banana mashed ripe
1 1/2 cup self-raising flour
1/4 cup milk

Method
STEP 1Melt the butter, sugar and vanilla in a medium sized saucepan.
STEP 2Remove from heat.
STEP 3Add mashed bananas and stir through until just blended.
STEP 4Add egg and mix in well. Stir in flour, add milk and mix lightly.
STEP 5Bake at 170C for approximately 40 minutes.

Notes

I adapted this from a recipe that calls for creaming butter and sugar together as I can't stand doing this. I recalled a recipe from years ago that melted these ingredients in a saucepan. It's so easy and takes so much less time.