Mango Banana Pistachio Cake

Published: Jul 19, 2011 · Modified: Sep 26, 2018 ·by Swathi.This post may contain affiliate links ·

It has been a long time since I baked a cake. It is not because I don’t like them, but because my hubby will say it will increase his blood sugar, and I too think that may be right. So I had a slowdown in baking. I have an age old problem in my house of overripe bananas and if they are not consumed it will go directly to garbage can.

I feel bad for throwing them into the garbage, so this time my hubby asked me if I can you make banana bread, I told him I will try a cake. He nodded his head and said yes. After tasting the cake, he asked me what the difference between banana bread and a banana cake. I tried to explain the difference however I don’t think I did it logically. Then after searching with internet I found out that even David Lebovitz can’t explain what difference is, then why I am breaking my head. In the end I left as such whatever you name it they taste great.

I had one ripe plantain and banana so decide to use them together along with a mango. Instead of usual combo of walnut I tried to use pistachio. The marriage between banana, plantain and mango turned out good. I used one whole egg and egg white and ¾ cup sugar. It is a mildly sweetened cake that won’t disappoint you. If you have any over ripe bananas waiting to use try this one some time. Here goes the recipe.

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What you need

All purpose flour: 1 ½ cup
Sugar: ¾ cup
Banana: 1 no
Plantain: 1 no
Mango: 1 no (chopped into small cubes)
Eggs; 2 no (I used one whole egg and one egg white)
Pistachio: ⅓ cup (lightly toasted and crushed)
Milk: ¼ cup ( I used 2 %)
Canola oil: ⅓ cup
Baking powder: ¾ teaspoon
Baking soda: ¼ teaspoon
Powdered nutmeg: ¼ teaspoon
Salt: ½ teaspoon
Cardamom: 2 pods
Vanilla: 1 teaspoon

How I made

Preheat oven 350 degree Fahrenheit Grease and flour the bottom and sides of a 9 inch Cake Pan.Line the bottom with parchment paper.

Mash the banana and plantain with a fork and set aside. Chop the mango into small pieces and keep aside. In a small pan slightly toast the pistachio and crush them and set aside.

In a large bowl sift together flour, baking soda, baking powder, ground cardamom, ground nutmeg, and salt. Keep aside.

In a medium bowl beat egg with sugar and milk and add oil and mix everything incorporated well. Gradually add wet ingredients to dry ingredients and mix everything well.

Finally fold in mashed bananas and chopped mango gently and add toasted and crushed pistachio and fold once again gently.

Pour the batter into the prepared pan and smoothen the tops with a spatula.

Bake for 45 minutes or until skewer comes out clean.

Cool the cake in the pan for 5 minutes and remove it and cool in the wire rack for another 1 hour.

Enjoy as much as you wish.

Preparation time: 1 hour
Serving: 12 serving
Verdict: Yummy. Keeper recipe
Will you make it again: I will

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Swathi

This is Swathi ( Dr. Ambujom Saraswathy Ph.D) from Zesty South Indian Kitchen who loves to explore cuisines from all over the world. Whenever possible I try to to give an Indian touch to several of the world cuisine, and has weakness for freshly baked bread. All the recipes you see here are created by me and approved after taste-test by my family.

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Samira says

August 01, 2011 at 2:31 pm

Yumm!!!! So tempting and delicious looking cake.....

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Elisabeth says

July 25, 2011 at 12:01 am

Gotta love this amazing cake, with the bits of mangos, banana, and pistachio. While we still have a few mangos on the tree...it's a must make!
Lovely, and delicious cake Swathi!

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Rosita Vargas says

July 24, 2011 at 8:01 pm

Exquisite combination is a wonderful cake, hugs ..

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Reeni says

July 23, 2011 at 2:00 am

I like the happy marriage of flavors in this lovely cake Swathi! Bananas get bad faster in the summer - we are always throwing them out and I hate it. I noticed you are posting less - hope you're doing ok!!

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Tina (PinayInTexas) says

July 22, 2011 at 2:44 pm

Wow! A cake with mango, banana and pistachio --- I couldn't resist that! Yummy!!!

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Kurryleaves says

July 22, 2011 at 12:52 pm

Awesome combination...im sure it tasted great..looks really soft and yummy

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MaryMoh says

July 22, 2011 at 6:31 am

Mmmm...that's one healthy, delicious cake. Love it! Thanks very much for sharing. MaryMoh at http://www.keeplearningkeepsmiling.com

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SpicyTasty says

July 21, 2011 at 9:34 pm

awesome presentation and delicious cake..

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Namitha says

July 21, 2011 at 5:58 pm

Who cares if you call this a cake or a bread as long as it looks and tastes wonderful :-)Great combination of flavors Swathi

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The 21st Century Housewife© says

July 21, 2011 at 2:54 pm

Just the name of this recipe had my mouth watering Swathi! It sounds so good too. What a lovely cake for summer. And pistachios are my all time favourite nut! Thank you for sharing this post with the Hearth and Soul blog hop.

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Joanne says

July 21, 2011 at 11:44 am

I love mangoes and putting them in this cake is such a great idea! Looks delicious!

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Renata says

July 20, 2011 at 11:13 pm

Never thought of combining bananas, plantains and mangoes. Sounds so delicious and summery! Bravo!!

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girlichef says

July 20, 2011 at 8:11 pm

This looks so moist and utterly delicious!

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Suman Singh says

July 20, 2011 at 7:22 pm

wow, cake looks so soft, spongy and delicious..love the texture and the mangoes pieces in it...YUM!!

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shopannies says

July 20, 2011 at 6:48 pm

delicious love finding new recipes for bananas as I can often find great buys on them:) come see me at http://shopannies.blogspot.com

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Swathi says

July 20, 2011 at 3:31 pm

@Curry Leaf
Olive oil is different kind, you can't use extra Virgina olive for frying. you need light to fry , further it is expensive, you need cheap olive oil to deep fry.

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tattina says

July 20, 2011 at 10:57 am

The result is really great!

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Curry Leaf says

July 20, 2011 at 6:35 am

Gorgeous cake/bread. Happy to know abt Lebovitz's inability as well. 🙂
Thanks for the comment on Olive oil. I too was under the impression that EVOO is not suitable for frying, but it seems, it requires more than 500 to break up whereas the regular deep frying temperature is around 350-400. That makes it resusable and perfect for frying.
Personally I tried deepfrying once and found that the dish/fritters are less oily. I remember reusing the oil for saute but not in salad dressings. My cousin in US uses it for anything and everything. Here it may need a lot of convincing to use EVOO as a regular cooking oil.

May be there comes a time when ghee will be replaced with EVOO!!. Its scary as I will miss ghee but exciting as its good to be healthy 🙂

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Concetta says

July 20, 2011 at 3:50 am

What a gorgeous picture and delicious recipe! I wish I could have a piece right now! Thank you for sharing!
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Elsa says

July 20, 2011 at 12:45 am

Looks great! Our bananas get old fast too. I just peel them, put them into a ziplock and free them. Then I can pull them out later for banana bread or muffins (or smoothies for my picky eater toddler). 🙂

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Vatsala. says

July 19, 2011 at 9:21 pm

Fab cake.
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Alea Milham says

July 19, 2011 at 6:27 pm

What a delicous combination of flavors! I'm always on the look our for new ways to use old bananas. 🙂 Thanks for sharing this recipe and thanks for hosting the Hearth and Soul Hop.

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thekitchenaffaire says

July 19, 2011 at 6:12 pm

Woww.. this looks so yummy.. Mangoes and banan.. never tried that combo before 🙂

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Kalpana Sareesh says

July 19, 2011 at 4:40 pm

Fresh mangoes in cake makes it absolutely divine n this is no doubt yummy..

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Ameya says

July 19, 2011 at 4:05 pm

Very moist, delicious-looking cake! Love the mango-banana with cardamom combo!

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michelangelo in the kitchen says

July 19, 2011 at 3:40 pm

Wow Swathi, this is indeed a delightful cake! Brilliant idea using mango and banana which are favorites of ours and fragrant cardamom! Got to try your delicious recipe for sure! Cheers!!!

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Purabi Naha says

July 19, 2011 at 3:36 pm

Swathi, this looks delicious! Your step-by-step explanation and photos are awesome. I am so happy to come across this recipe. Shall be looking forward to your future posts!
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notyet100 says

July 19, 2011 at 3:32 pm

Feel like eating this cake now,luv the flavor

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Sensible Vegetarian says

July 19, 2011 at 2:31 pm

Lovely one, this looks fantastic.

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Usha says

July 19, 2011 at 2:30 pm

Love, love, love the flavors you have used in this cake. Looks delicious....

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Peggy says

July 19, 2011 at 2:17 pm

I love the addition of mango pieces in this Swathi!

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laurie says

July 19, 2011 at 1:56 pm

thats a beautiful cake,, yummy for sure.We love mangoes in this house.I wanted to tahnkyou for your kind words on my blog,, you are so sweet.Have the very best day!

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Adam and Theresa says

July 19, 2011 at 1:22 pm

Hi Swathi,

I love your twist on the classic banana bread recipe. The cake looks moist and light too!

I always thought that the difference between banana cake and bread would be that the cake is sweeter than a banana bread? Maybe I just made that up myself though...!

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Ramya says

July 19, 2011 at 12:06 pm

Looks fabulous:-) Lovely flavors..i bet its super yummy!!

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hemalata says

July 19, 2011 at 4:27 am

Delicious and mouthwatering cake,looks so inviting.

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Padhu says

July 19, 2011 at 9:03 am

Looks great with mango pieces

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Kaveri says

July 19, 2011 at 8:56 am

Nice recipe...the cake looks so soft, spongy and delicious

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Pushpa says

July 19, 2011 at 6:46 am

Soft and moist yummy cake.

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Babli says

July 19, 2011 at 6:07 am

Lovely combo. Cake looks delicious, spongy, yummy and fabulous.

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Radhika says

July 19, 2011 at 6:05 am

Cake looks so delicious.

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Sharmilee! :) says

July 19, 2011 at 5:27 am

What a awesome combination.....looks super yumm

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Torviewtoronto says

July 19, 2011 at 4:58 am

delicious looking soft cake looks wonderful

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Vimitha Anand says

July 19, 2011 at 4:03 am

That a very yummy and flavor packed cake dear...

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Hari Chandana says

July 19, 2011 at 4:00 am

Wowwwww.... Wonderful and tempting recipe.. Looks super soft... Love the combination.. Thanks for the recipe dear 🙂
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Miriam says

July 19, 2011 at 3:40 am

Beautiful cake Swathi, I love it! Miriam@Meatless Meals For Meat Eaters

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sonu says

July 19, 2011 at 3:12 am

the cake looks so spongy and delish !

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Rebecca from Chow and Chatter says

July 19, 2011 at 3:10 am

wow great cake you need to bake more often :-

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Sobha Shyam says

July 19, 2011 at 3:05 am

awesome cake, love the combo, wonderful recipe..

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srividhya Ravikumar says

July 19, 2011 at 2:47 am

wow..cake looks yummy...

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Shobha says

July 19, 2011 at 2:13 am

Loved this recipe..with mango pieces ..it looks yum!..will surely try it.

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