Banana Cake

I've been meaning to try this recipe for a long time since I came across it on http://www.cookingandme.com but everytime, I wait for the bananas to ripen enough and before I realize, they've been trashed. I woke up at  3 today and there was no one at home and here I go again hunting for food. And , there in front of me lay a couple of Fully ripe bananas. And the rest of the story.......

The Magic Makers

All Purpose Flour                          1 cup
Salt                                                 1/4 tsp
Baking Soda                                  1 tsp
Very Ripe Bananas                      2,medium sized
Egg                                               1
Sugar                                           3/4 cup
Vanilla Essence                           3/4 tsp
Cream                                        1/4 cup
Cooking Butter                          2X4 piece
Oil                                              for greasing


The Prestige

My Mum always says, whenever you're making a cake, combine the dry ingredients first. So I mixed together the flour, salt and baking soda.

Now, in a food processor add the bananas and whisk till they make a smooth paste. To this, add the egg and sugar and blend till they are well combined. Now add the Vanilla essence and the cream and blend to get a smooth creamy paste. Next, add the Flour mixture and blend for about 2-3 mins making sure there are no lumps. Finally add the butter and give it another little run. The mixture has 1 string consistency.

Grease a baking mould and bake on medium heat for 20 mins. And if you can , hold yourself back, coz the aromas springing forth from the oven are just irresistible.

Eggless Lemon Cake

Christmas time is here. Lets jump in with a simple aromatic cake to go with.

"Christmas is all about Sharing"

What you need

Maida or Flour                                   1 cup

Icing sugar                                          ¾ cup

Baking powder                                   ½ tsp

Milk                                                   ¼ cup

Butter                                                 ¾ cup

Lemon rind                                         1 tsp

Juice of 1 lemon

Method

Mix the dry ingredients together. 

Then add the other ingredients one by one and mix well. 

The batter smells yumm when you add the lemon rind. 

Pour the batter into a grease tray and bake on medium heat or 180°C for 10 mins.