Ripe Bananas

Having bought some bananas a few weeks ago... they have been sitting on my fruit bowl slowly going black... Panic set in, I had to do something with it... So I made banana pancake for breakfast.... then I made a banana cake.....all recipes were based on Stephanie Alexander's The Cook's Companion.

Banana Pancake

250g plain flour

60g butter

a pinch of salt

1.5 cups of milk

3 eggs

2 (over) riped banana sliced

Instructions

• Put flour into a large bowl and make a well.
• Warm butter, salt and milk until the butter melts.
• Break the eggs into the well and work in some flour.
• Add warm milk mixture and whisk until smooth.
• Refrigerate for 1 ~ 2 hours before cooking.
• The result should be a mixture like thin cream. If not, add more milk.
• For cooking, wipe the pan with some butter/olive oil, what ever you prefer.

Moist Banana Cake

125g softened unsalted butter
1 cup of sugar
2 eggs
2 ~ 3 mashed ripe banana
1 teaspoon of vanilla essence
250g plain flour
1 teaspoon of bicarbonate soda
1/2 teaspoon of salt
1/2 teaspoon of cinnamon powder
A pinch of all spice
1/2 cup of milk or buttermilk

Instructions

• Preheat oven to 180C.
• Cream butter and sugar until pale and fluffy.
• Beat in eggs, banana and vanilla.
• Sift dry ingredients and add to the mixture, alternating with the milk.
• Spoon into cake tin and bake for 45 minutes or until cake tests clean.