What do you do when you know that as soon as dinner has been gobbled the inevitable question will be asked: "what's for pudding ?" and all that is left in the fruit bowl is this: Well you make one of these of course: Mash the bananas. Add 6 tablespoons of brown sugar and a spash of lemon juice. Let the sugar melt for a bit while you melt 75g of butter. Add to the bananas. Add an egg. Add a mixture of white/wholemeal flour in the proportions of your choice to get to 250g (I normally use about 150g of self raising + 100g of wholemeal with 1/2 teaspoon of baking powder but all white works just as well), if you have the time and feel Deliaesque you may want to sift the flour (I never do but it has never stopped the cake from tasting nice). Add a couple of handfulls of your favourite chopped nuts (pecan or walnuts work best). Pour the mix in the prepared mould, bake for 50mn at 190o (gas mark 5?), try and persuade family that they have to wait for it to cool down before you can cut it, fail miserably, enjoy and try not to burn yourself. The best thing about this cake is that it lends itself to variations (grated apple or leftover apple sauce + raisins + cinnamon or peach and almonds for example).
Moi j'aime les bananes parce qu'y a pas d'os dedans
18.9.04 17:05
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(19.9.04 09:16) Your bananas look exactly like mine! I think it's something to do with the fact that we buy for the whole week on Saturday - and by the following Saturday there are only the brown/black ones left! I am going to try out the cake recipe this afternoon! |
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constance (19.9.04 20:14) hum, I miss your pudding!!! |
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Lisa / Website (21.9.04 18:23) I LOVE banana bread!! Mmmmmmmmm. Hungry now. |
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Daisy / Website (24.9.04 16:32) It looks delicious, have printed and put in kitchen drawer for the next overripe banana episode ;-) |
