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Banana Cake (Gato Banann)
Yeasted Seychellois banana fritters with cinnamon-sugar dusting.
About Banana Cake (Gato Banann)
The Creole Melting Pot explains that Seychellois gato bannann traditionally names banana fritters, despite its literal “banana cake” translation. This version uses mashed ripe bannann mil in a yeasted batter.
Milk, butter and egg enrich the flour base, with vanilla, nutmeg and cinnamon adding aroma. The chosen bannann mil contributes the slight sourness described by the author alongside its sweetness.
The fritters have a light, fluffy centre and a crunchy golden exterior. Cinnamon and icing sugar dust the surface, with vanilla ice cream offered as an optional topping.
Allergens in this recipe
Contains: Milk, Wheat (gluten), Egg.
Other allergen details are unconfirmed.
Ingredients vary by restaurant. Confirm your allergens with staff before ordering.
Ingredients in Banana Cake (Gato Banann)
The Creole Melting Pot’s Seychellois bannann-mil gato bannann fritters.
- MilkLiquid
- Instant yeastBinderIngredient page not linked
- Ripe bannann mil bananasBase
- Plain flourBase
- Melted butterBase
- EggBinder
- Ground cinnamonSeasoning
- Icing sugarTopping
- Ground nutmegSeasoning
- Vanilla seedsAromatic
- SugarSweetener
- SaltSeasoning
- Vegetable oilCooking medium
- Vanilla ice creamTopping · Optional serving · Optional
Ingredient details & uncertainties
Allergen information is incomplete. Unconfirmed details do not establish that an allergen is absent.
- Milk: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Milk source-confirmed
- Instant yeast: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Exact instant form, no active-dry substitution.
- Ripe bannann mil bananas: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Broader banana link; traditional83/137 preferred sour-banana cultivar, exact botany unknown.
- Plain flour: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Wheat (gluten) source-confirmed. Ordinary plain wheat flour, actual milling product unknown.
- Melted butter: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Milk source-confirmed
- Egg: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Egg source-confirmed
- Ground cinnamon: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Batter and dusting allocations consolidated.
- Icing sugar: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Ground nutmeg: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Vanilla seeds: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual bean-seeds branch118, essence excluded.
- Sugar: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Salt: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Vegetable oil: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Explicit deep-frying oil, botanical identity unspecified.
- Vanilla ice cream (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Milk source-confirmed. Named optional suggestion135, exact product formula unprovided.
Origins & food traditions
Countries
- Seychelles
- SeychellesCatalogue link pending review
Cuisines & regions
- Seychellois Creole Cuisine
- Seychellois Creole CuisineCatalogue link pending review
AI-generated illustration of one possible presentation. Recipes and ingredients vary; the image does not establish allergen content.