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Measure the ingredients in a plastic bag, hold the bag closed with your hand so that there's some air left inside, and shake.
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Break up any flour lumps.
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Shake the bag really well.
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Put the ingredients in a big bowl, and mash the banana with a fork, and mix.
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Microwave for 50 seconds at 500 W uncovered.
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Take it out from the microwave, mix well, and mash until smooth.
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Preheat the oven.
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Set the temperature to 180C, and baking time to 35 minutes.
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Line a pound cake pan with a liner or parchment paper.
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Put the ingredients into the bowl, and mix well with a whisk.
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Mix until the egg and oil are incorporated thoroughly.
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You don't need to whip the mixture.
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Add half of the flour from Step 1, and mix with the whisk.
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When it's still a little floury, add the rest of the flour, and mix well.
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Add the milk at the end, and mix.
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Change to a spatula, pour the batter into the cake pan, and even out the surface.
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Drop the cake pan from a little height twice to remove any trapped air.
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Bake it in the oven.
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After 10 minutes, make a slit lengthwise on top of the cake, close the oven door immediately, and keep baking.
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Insert a toothpick into the cake, and if it comes out clean, it's done.
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Take it out of the oven, and gently drop the cake pan on a work surface once to remove air.
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Place the cake pan on a cooling rack, and wrap the cake in the pan with cling film .
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When the cake pan is cool enough to touch, remove the cake from the pan, wrap with cling film, and let it cool at room temperature.
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In Step 9, cut the cling film big enough to wrap the cake in the pan.
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Because the cake pan is hot, the cling film will stick to the pan.
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And this will keep the cake moist.
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After cooling the cake at room temperature, let it sit in the fridge for a whole day if you can.
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By doing so, it will make the cake more moist and tasty.
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Bring the cake to room temperature before eating.
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I bought the pound cake pan (metal) and liner from a 100 yen shop.
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To make a simple pound cake, you can refer to.
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Please check this out as well.
