I always love banana cake. Maybe is due to my mummy who also like banana cake. I remember i only buy it when i go shopping with my mummy, then we will split half for each other to take back home.
That day i come across the recipe and would really like to try it out myself but do not have any confident, therefore instead of using the full ingredient i reduced everything to half.. Yeah i was lucky, the result was not too bad.
Ingredients
200g butten, soft
225g sugar
2 eggs
250g all purpose flour
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
2 big banana (mashed it)
60ml fresh milk / whole milk (i used fresh milk)
1/2 tsp banana essence (i never used this)
Method
1.Cream butter and sugar until light and creamy with electric mixer.
2.Pour in egg, one at a time and beat until creamy.
3. Add in fresh milk, mashed banana and mix well.
4. Add in flour, baking powder and baking soda and beat until combined.
5. Pour into a greased and floured pan* and bake in preheated 180°C oven for 35 minutes. Cool in pan for 10 minutes before inverting it to cool completely on a wire rack. Store in air-tight container.
*I used silicon mold therefore i never greased and floured.
This is my first time trying to bake a cake and is for my hubby. There isn't any bakery nearby within walking distance that i can buy a birthday day for him, therefore i struggle and finally i decided to bake a cake for him. His favourite is chocolate so here is the born of my first chocolate cake.
Ingredients
100g dark chocolate (cut to small cubes)
100g butter (cut to small cubes)
2 eggs
50g caster sugar
20g self-raising flour
Icing sugar to decorate
Methods
1. Melt dark chocolate using either the microwave, a hot water bath or a double boiler.
2. Melt butter using either the microwave, a hot water bath or a double boiler.
3. Use an electric whisk to beat the eggs and sugar till the mixture turns pale and frothy. This will take a few minutes.
(The first time when i am doing, i have not own a electic mixer, therefore i use whisk manually with hand for about 30 minutes.)
4. Pour melted chocolate and butter into the egg and sugar mixture. Stir in the flour. Use a spatula to mix everything evenly.
5. Grease your mold with some melted butter (so that the cake will come off cleanly when it is baked). Fill the mold about 3/4 full with the chocolate mixture and bake in a preheated oven of 180°C for about 10 minutes. The cake is deliberately slightly undercooked so as to achieve its ideal consistency which is runny in the middle. (The first time i bake this, i overbake but the moist the chocolate cake real yummy too.)
6. When it is baked, remove mold from oven and let cool for 1-2 minutes. Use a spoon to gently loosen the edges. Carefully invert the cake onto serving plate.
7. Serving suggestion: Use a sieve to dust icing sugar over the cake. Serve a scoop of vanilla ice cream and some berries at the side.
