Banana cake

This recipe is from here. It is easy to make and delicious.

1 cup brown sugar

1/2 cup butter or margarine

3 eggs

1 cup ripe bananas

1 tsp baking powder

1/4 tsp baking soda

1/4 tsp salt

1 tbsp cinnamon ground

1 3/4 cup flour

2 tbsp fudge melts, chocolate pieces or chocolate chips

Beat butter and sugar, then add eggs and beat. Add the mashed bananas and mix. Mix flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon into the wet ingredients.

Add the chocolate chips and mix till all the ingredients are combined.

Put the mixture in to greased pan or muffin tins. Bake at 375F for 20 to 30 minutes depends on the type of pan used. Test with a skewer if it comes out clean it is done.
Baking time would be less if baked in muffin trays or a pyrex rectangle dish compared to a loaf pan.

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Cornflake muffin

You will need...

4 oz oats

1 cup milk

little butter for the pan

1 egg

4 oz vegetable oil

6 oz brown sugar

2 oz cornflakes slightly crushed

5 oz raisins

5 oz apricots chopped

5 oz four

4 tsp baking powder

1 tsp salt

Mix the oats and milk in a bowl and leave for 15 minutes to soak.

Grease the muffin cups with a little bit of butter.

Using a whisk beat egg, oil, brown sugar, cornflakes, raisins, apricots and the oat milk mixture. Add the flour, baking powder and salt into the mixture.

Divide the mixture into muffin cups and bake at 400F for 20 to 25 minutes until skewer inserted in the middle comes out clean.

Can keep in an airtight container for about a week.

Recipe adapted from Torviewtoronto

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Tiramisu even children can have

This version of tiramisu is made without raw eggs, so completely germ free :) and there is no alcohol so you can have any amount you like.

We made individual cups for a little party.

things you need for the filling

*make 24 hours earlier

2 cups whipping cream and 1 tbsp lemon juice to make mascarpone cheese

instructions are here in this link it is very easy and doesn't cost too much to make it at home

*make at least 1 hour earlier

3 egg yolks and 1/4 cup vanilla flavoured sugar to make zabaglione custard cream very easy and detailed instruction in this link

1 cup whipping cream and 2 tbsp icing sugar whip till it makes peaks

Mix all these three together; the cheese, custard cream and whipped cream for the filling.

48 savoiardi or lady's finger cookies store bought

2 cups of hot water, 4 tbsp nescafe and 3 tbsp sugar mix together to dip wait a little till it is easy to handle before dipping cookies because the water is hot

Dip the cookies in and out, quickly or it will become soggy and layer in the serving dishes or dish then put the filling and layer cookies again in the opposite direction from before. Put the filling again and sprinkle cocoa powder or a shaving of chocolate on top and leave for more than 1 hour or overnight before serving.

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