Banana Cake Papuan-style

Ingredients

 * ½ cup margarine or butter
 * ½ cup of sugar
 * 2 eggs
 * 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
 * 3 medium size bananas (mashed)
 * 1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
 * 1½ cups of self-raising flour
 * ⅓ cup of milk - well enough to give it the right texture, wet, but not runny.

Directions

 * 1) Pre-heat oven to 180 °C (gas/electric).
 * 2) Beat butter, sugar and vanilla extract until creamy.
 * 3) Gradually beat in eggs and add mashed bananas.
 * 4) Mix milk and bicarbonate of soda and fold into banana mixture with flour.
 * 5) Pour batter into a round greased 20 cm deep-sided cake pan.
 * 6) Bake for 45–50 minutes in a hot oven.