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Preheat oven to 180C, grease a 20cm
baba tin, sprinkle with flour and shake out excess flour.
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To prepare cake: cream butter, vanilla
and sugar in a small bowl with an electric mixer until light and
fluffy.
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Beat in eggs, one at a time, beating
until combined.
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Dissolve soda in milk.
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Stir in mashed banana, half the flour
and half the milk.
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Stir in remaining flour and milk.
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Pour mixture into prepared tin and
bake for 45 minutes.
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Stand for 3 minutes in tin before
turning onto a cake rack.
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To prepare syrup: combine caster
sugar, water and passionfruit juice in a pan.
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Stir over heat until sugar dissolves.
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Bring to the boil, then boil for 3
minutes.
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Remove from heat and pour hot syrup
over hot cake.