BANANA RECIPES

Banana Nut Cake with Butter Icing

5 Ripe bananas - 300g sugar - 300g baking flour - 120ml orange juice - 250g margarine - 3 eggs - half cup chopped peanuts - pinch baking soda - 1tsp salt - half tsp baking powder

Method:

1) Heat oven to 180 degrees C (350 degrees F).

2) Grease and flour two layer cake pans or one oblong pan.

3) Measure flour, and sift with flour, baking powder, soda and salt.

4) Add granulated sugar, margarine Y2 of orange juice and mashed bananas.

5) Beat until smooth. Scrape sides and bottom of bowl constantly.

6) Add eggs and the rest of the juice. Continue beating vigorously about 2 mins. in an electric mixer.

7) Fold in chopped nuts and pour mixture into a prepared pan or pans.

8) Bake layers until an inserted toothpick or skewer comes out clean.

9) Cool. Decorate with butter icing and banana slices.

BUTTER ICING

125g margarine - 3 cups icing sugar - 3 tsps evaporated milk - 1 tsp vanilla

Method:

1) Blend margarine and sugar thoroughly.

2) Stir in Evaporated Milk and vanilla until smooth.

Banana Oats cupcake

3 bananas - 1 cup oats - half cup milk - 250g sugar - 250g margarine - 60ml molasses - 80ml honey - 3 eggs - 1 tsp vanilla - 1 tsp salt - 1.5 tsp baking powder - half tsp baking soda - half tsp ground ginger.

Method:

1) Cream together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Mix in the molasses, honey, eggs and vanilla.
2) Combine the dry ingredients and mix into the sugar mixture in three parts alternately with the
milk.
3) Stir in the crushed bananas gently.
4) Place the batter in greased muffin cups and bake at 180 degrees C (350 degrees F) for about 35 mins until brown.