If you’ve got some old spotty bananas to put to use, it’s the perfect time to bake a banana cake that your kids are sure to enjoy eating and even more so baking.

Measuring the ingredients, cracking the egg, stirring the mix… all these are actually tasks that’ll help them in their development, be it, social-emotional, cognitive, language or physical. Unconsciously, cooking or baking with your kids offer a wide variety of opportunities to learn and grow. So it’s not all just about about sitting down and solving math problems, fun family activities such as baking a cake are also beneficial to their development.

So check out the video below – presented by little bakers, Sophie and Hayley Woo. It’s a simple recipe yet super yummy too!

Ingredients:

• 125g unsalted butter
• 3/4 cup caster sugar
• 1 egg
• 2 bananas mashed ripe
• 1 1/2 cups self-raising flour
• 1/4 cup milk

Steps:

1.  Melt the butter and butter in a medium-sized saucepan.
2. Remove from the heat.
3. Add mashed bananas and stir through until just combined.
4. Add egg and mix well.
5. Stir in the flour, then pour in the milk and fold in lightly.
6. Bake at 170 degrees celsius for approximately 40 minutes.

Missed out on Part 1-4? Check them out below:

Activity for Kids (Part 1): Colour Changing Milk Experiment 

Activity for Kids (Part 2): Lemon Volcano Experiment

Activity for Kids (Part 3): Homemade Play Dough

Activity for Kids (Part 4)- Finger Painting Art