Tag: cake

Choc Banana Cake/Bread

Total Time: 50 minutes; 20 mins prep; 30 minutes cooking

Adapted from The CWA Cookery Book and Household Hints 55th edition.

Ingredients

  • 90g olive oil
  • 3/4 cup brown sugar
  • 1 tsp vanilla essence
  • 2 eggs
  • 1/4 cup milk
  • 4 ripe bananas (about 2 cups)
  • 1 1/2 cups self raising flour
  • 1/2 tsp bicarb soda
  • 2 tbsp cocoa

Method

  1. Beat oil, sugar and essence together.
  2. Beat in eggs and milk.
  3. Beat in mashed banana.
  4. Fold in flour until just combined.
  5. Separate into 2 bowls and add sifted cocoa to one. Fold in until just combined.
  6. Alternate spoonfuls of the 2 mixtures into 2 lined loaf tins.
  7. Swirl with a skewer to create a marbled effect. Don’t swirl too much or you’re just mixing it.
  8. Bake at 180 degrees C for 30 mins or until a skewer inserted comes out clean.
4 mashed bananas
Mix, mix!
Not the prettiest marble, but tastes darned good!
When one loaf looks beautiful and marbled while the other looks… partially mixed . I had to remove some of the mix from the marbled one as it was almost overflowing, which made the second loaf super duper marbled.

Lemon Bread

Adapted from TastyOven.

Total time: 1 hr 15 mins; prep 15 mins, cooking 1 hr.

Ingredients

  • 2 cups flour
  • 3/4 cup white sugar
  • 1 tbsp baking powder
  • 3/4 tsp salt
  • 1/2 cup coconut (optional)
  • 3/4 tsp ginger, minced
  • 7/8 cup milk OR yoghurt
  • 2 eggs
  • 1/2 cup olive oil
  • 1 tsp vanilla essence
  • zest of 1 lemon (approx 1 tbsp)
  • juice of 1 lemon (approx 3 tbsp)
  • 1 1/2 cups strawberries (optional)

Method

  1. Combine flour, sugar, baking powder (don’t forget this), salt and coconut, if using.
  2. Add in all other ingredients (besides strawberries if using) and mix.
  3. Fold in strawberries (if using).
  4. Pour into lined baking tin (I like square ones for ease of serving)
  5. Cook for 50-60 mins at 180 degrees C until a skewer inserted comes out clean.
  6. Allow to cool before serving.