Tuesday 22 February 2011

Baking time - Banana Cake

One thing I'd like to do more of this year is bake.

Cakes, biscuits, slices etc.

So am now sitting down to a cup of tea and a slice of banana cake, still warm from the oven. Is there anything more comforting?

This is my second attempt this week, the first was a little heavy, and I used a loaf tin when the recipe asked for a ring tin. I've also learnt that Mum always turned her cakes around half way through baking, because the oven seems to be hotter at the front than the back. And Dad has found the correct tin.

It's a lot lighter than the first one, and cooked much more evenly as I turned it after 15mins. I think the recipe is from an old CWA cookbook, the cover has gone, so it's hard to tell, but it's in metric, so not ancient :)

So that's 2 very old bananas put to a good use.
Yum!

1 comment:

Liz said...

Can't afford to throw out banana's anymore they're much too expensive now..! Another handy tip is to chuck them in the freezer when they start to turn black, great for smoothies when still frozen and they can still be used in cake..!
Lizzie
xxx