Yeah, I've been a bit otherwise occupied, lately, haven't I? If it's any consolation, there are a few drafts waiting to be turned from meaningless drivel into utter bilge. Something like that, anyway.
Without further agadoo, here's a banana and chocolate chip cake I made this weekend.
Typical. Doesn't even survive the 5 minutes it takes to get the camera out.
The chocolate chips were sparse out of necessity, but in a way, I thought that was a good choice - you get the full flavour of the banana, with a chocolatey intermission every few bites. Delish!
Banana & choc chip cake
Ingredients
- 100g butter, softened
- 150g demerara sugar
- 2 eggs
- 2 large bananas, the riper the better
- 200g plain flour
- 4 level tsp baking powder
- 50g chocolate chips
Grease a sandwich tin and preheat the oven to 180 degrees.
Cream the butter and sugar, then beat in the eggs.
Mash the bananas in a separate bowl using a fork. If your bananas aren't very ripe and you don't like the idea of bending all your cutlery, put them in a blender instead.
Now add the banana sludge to the batter and mix well.
Fold the flour/baking powder into the mixture until it is an even colour and (probably lumpy) consistency.
Finally, fold the chips in, and pour the mixture into a sandwich tin.
Bake for 40 minutes in a fan oven, 50-60 otherwise. Test the cake with a skewer as usual before you take it out - I know it contains banana, but it shouldn't be sludgy.
And there you have it, a cake with a great crust, moist centre, and delicious taste. Did you know that half of this cake counts as one of your five-a-day? Wink, wink...
I don't see any chocolate chips in that cake ;_;
They are hiding! You can just make out one in the lower middle (brown patch). It is winking at you. Do you see?