Good morning!
Not the best of mornings. I have this irritating woozy feeling lingering somewhere in my head. Or eyes. Don't really know which is the cause.
Weekend was kinda okay. I made Husband-approved banana cake with chocolate chips! Haha. I wanted to use the leftover yoghurt but it seems that Husband threw it away already so I had to do with milk + vinegar.
I went back to my mum's trusty banana recipe and I got it right this time! Previously I didn't, so I made changes and used another recipe too, but I was determined to get back the soft fluffy banana cake (not banana bread) that I grew up with. It's difficult to find a real banana cake recipe because most are banana bread, but I want the soft and moist cake, not a cake full of flour.
This time round, I took my time creaming the butter with sugar, and then with eggs till I got the right consistency of air in the cake. I used self raising flour too and I sieved it. The result is just like my mum's cake yay!
I have since memorised the recipe, so here it is:
250g butter, room temperature
8 oz self raising flour, sieved
6 oz sugar
4 bananas, smashed (I think you can up this to a max of 6)
3 eggs (original calls for 2, but if your eggs are small so use 3)
1 cup milk + 1 tbsp vinegar
Dark chocolate coverture chips!
Cream the butter with sugar till butter is a light yellow. Add in eggs one at a time and mixing well before adding the next one. This step is important so your cake will rise. I love the texture of butter + sugar + egg batter! Add in flour bit by bit and mix well. Add in the fake yoghurt mixture and then bananas and choc chips if you want some chocolate in your cake.
Chocolate and bananas are a perfect match!
Bake in an 8 by 8 inch square pan for 50 minutes or so at 170 degrees Celsius.
I don't have pictures but this is really worth a try :)
In other news, I really REALLY need to start exercising again. Growing old + slowdown in breastfeeding is making my metabolism really low and I've put on weight in places I thought I never would. It's alarming. And probably my increase in weight is affecting my chances of getting another baby. Oh wells.
Hope to hit the gym today!
Not the best of mornings. I have this irritating woozy feeling lingering somewhere in my head. Or eyes. Don't really know which is the cause.
Weekend was kinda okay. I made Husband-approved banana cake with chocolate chips! Haha. I wanted to use the leftover yoghurt but it seems that Husband threw it away already so I had to do with milk + vinegar.
I went back to my mum's trusty banana recipe and I got it right this time! Previously I didn't, so I made changes and used another recipe too, but I was determined to get back the soft fluffy banana cake (not banana bread) that I grew up with. It's difficult to find a real banana cake recipe because most are banana bread, but I want the soft and moist cake, not a cake full of flour.
This time round, I took my time creaming the butter with sugar, and then with eggs till I got the right consistency of air in the cake. I used self raising flour too and I sieved it. The result is just like my mum's cake yay!
I have since memorised the recipe, so here it is:
250g butter, room temperature
8 oz self raising flour, sieved
6 oz sugar
4 bananas, smashed (I think you can up this to a max of 6)
3 eggs (original calls for 2, but if your eggs are small so use 3)
1 cup milk + 1 tbsp vinegar
Dark chocolate coverture chips!
Cream the butter with sugar till butter is a light yellow. Add in eggs one at a time and mixing well before adding the next one. This step is important so your cake will rise. I love the texture of butter + sugar + egg batter! Add in flour bit by bit and mix well. Add in the fake yoghurt mixture and then bananas and choc chips if you want some chocolate in your cake.
Chocolate and bananas are a perfect match!
Bake in an 8 by 8 inch square pan for 50 minutes or so at 170 degrees Celsius.
I don't have pictures but this is really worth a try :)
In other news, I really REALLY need to start exercising again. Growing old + slowdown in breastfeeding is making my metabolism really low and I've put on weight in places I thought I never would. It's alarming. And probably my increase in weight is affecting my chances of getting another baby. Oh wells.
Hope to hit the gym today!
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