Banana Maple Loaf

My hubby loves Banana Loaf...I find it boring to make as I've made it a thousand times!!

I always make it when I'm on the verge of throwing browning bananas out, this time is no exception. 

Here's how it goes....

I MAKE IT

THE BOYS WANT IT

THE HUBBY EATS IT.

All in one day! 

I feel I need to tell you that my hubby is a farmer working long hard days, so I let him off the greediness most of the time.

I also hate sultanas in baked goods but he likes it so I do this for him...

The ingredients seem a bit choppy but this is all I had available (I usually use all wholemeal flour)

Ingredients ~ makes 1 loaf

100g butter

100g sugar

90g wholemeal flour

20g self raising flour

1 egg

1 large, overripe banana (mashed)

100g sultanas (don't add these if you don't want them)

1/2 tsp baking powder

1 tbsp maple

1. Preheat over to 180/GM4/160 fan.
2. Grease and line your loaf tin.
3. Cream the butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
4. Add the egg and beat in until full incorporated.
5. Add the syrup and mix well.
6. Take just over a pinch of flour and toss the sultanas in it (this stops them sinking)
7. Fold in the flour and baking powder.
8. Fold in the mashed banana.
9. Fold in the sultanas.
10. Fill your tin 3/4 full and bake for 40 - 50 minutes or until a skewer comes out clean.

Et Voila!!

A beautiful Banana Maple loaf (with added sultana's for the hubby).

ENJOY

xx Kat xx

I'm linking this recipe up to my Sweet Leftovers Link Party...go check it out!

Butterscotch & Banana Parfait

 

I've seen Parfait's all over the bloggersphere and they always look delicious.

A Parfait is a food (savoury or sweet) that is layered and is served in singular portions. The word "parfait" is French for perfect......and these really are!!

I had some left over Banana Flapjack from yesterday (the ones without chocolate on them) and decided to make them into a Parfait. I rummaged in my cupboard and found banana pudding and butterscotch pudding mixes. 

I wouldn't have normally used Butterscotch but Ros from The More Than Occasional Baker gave me the idea. Check out her Banana Butterscotch Pecan Muffins.

Recipe ~ makes 4 (depending on your glass sizes)

1 x Banana pudding mix

1 x Butterscotch pudding mix

8 x pieces of Banana Flapjack (without the chocolate topping)

1. Preheat Oven to 200/Gas Mark 6
2. Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper.
3. Cut up the flapjacks into granola-esk sized pieces/crumbs.
4. Spread out evenly over the baking sheet.
5. Bake for 5-10 min make sure you mix the crumbs once or twice so they get an even bake.
6. When they are golden brown take them out of the oven and leave to cool.
7. Prepare both pudding mixes as per the packets. 
8. When the banana granola is completely cool layer it up in a glass like so..........

ET VOILA! 

Easy peasy!!!

I was right about Parfait's being delish, the flavours in this one go great together and the granola stays lovely and crunchy (like chopped nuts)!

These are tooooooo goooooooood! They might even be my new THING!!

ENJOY

xx Kat xx

Chocolate Topped Banana Flapjacks

Yes......another banana recipe!! I DID WARN YOU!! ;-)

I thought I'd do flapjacks today, with a bit of choc for good measure.

I've never been able to get the texture of my flapjacks right, these are no exception. I want to get soft flapjacks that hold their shape. These ones are lovely and soft, but still fall apart! Grrrr 

Maybe I just need to make them thicker?!?! (yes that is a question!) lol

I WROTE THE ABOVE YESTERDAY......IT SEEMS THAT A NIGHT IN THE FRIDGE REALLY HELPS THEM SET UP AND STAY SOFT BUT FIRM!! JOB DONE :-)

Recipe

250g butter

3 tbsp golden syrup

80g sugar

400g oats

2 mashed bananas

Topping

300g Dr. Oetker Scotbloc Chocolate Flavour Cake Covering Milk I only topped one pan, use 600g if you want all your flapjack covered.

1. Preheat over to 180. 
2. Grease and line 2 x 18" square pans (if you want chunkier flapjacks just use one pan)
3. Melt butter, golden syrup and sugar, in a pan, on a low heat until everything has melted and the sugar has dissolved. (scrape the spoon on the bottom of the pan to make sure there's no sugar granules).
4. Take off the heat, add the oats and mix thoroughly.
5. Add the banana's and stir until evenly mixed.
6. Pour the mixture into the pans, flatten down with the back of your spoon and bake for 20-25 mins. Until the edges turn golden. 
7. Leave in pan to cool.
8. Melt Scotbloc in microwave in 30 sec bursts, stirring each time until smooth.
9. When the flapjack has cooled pour the Scotbloc over and leave to set.
10. Once the chocolate is set cut into desired sized pieces.

I got 16 pieces per pan. 

They are very yummy, especially with the chocolate. 

ENJOY

xx Kat xx

p.s The boys loved their Banana Milkshake's yesterday morning!!

Banana Milkshake!

I'd better let you know now that I have a job lot of browning bananas......so if you don't like bananas (DAD) don't bother reading my blog for the next week or so :-)

The kids have decided, after months of munching them like they are going out of style, that they no longer require bananas. TUT!

Also the warm weather has pushed them into over ripe status pretty darn quickly. 

What's a girl to do with sooo many bananas?!?!

I've made Banana Muffins. Now it's time for a milkshake methinks. 

Never made milkshake before but this one is AMAZE!! 

Recipe ~ makes 1 glass

2 large scoops of vanilla ice cream 

1 softening banana

100ml semi-skimmed milk

Pop all ingredients into blender and blend away until nice and smooth. Pour into a glass, add a straw and slurp away. DONE!!

How easy is that?!? 

Mmmmmmm.............Milkshake!

I'm totally making these for the boys in the morning!!!

ENJOY 

xx Kat xx

Banana Muffins

I have decided that I'm going to start joining in with the Calendar Cakes monthly challenge, this months challenge is hosted by Dolly Bakes and is all about British Summer Time.

As it's warm (at the moment) my bananas are going brown quickly!! BOO HISS

But what this means is they are perfect for banana cake.......hubby's favourite. YAY

Hello entry for this months challenge.

I normally make this into loaves, it's fantastic sliced with a cup of tea! But I thought I'd make them into cupcakes this time around.

Actually these are more like muffins as they are un-iced and I've added a sugared, oaty top. Also perfect with a cuppa, especially out in the garden while reading your fave mag......believe me :-)

They have already had the approval of my eldest (aged 3). After eating one he ran up to me, showed me his hunk pose and told me to feel his muscles!!

I reckon this is definitely a "man" cake!

Recipe ~ Makes 12 to 18
350g wholemeal self raising flour
100g butter
250g caster sugar
1 egg (beaten)
1/2 tsp baking powder
2 bananas (mashed)
100ml milk
20g oats
20g demerera sugar

1. Preheat oven to 180/ Gas Mark 4.
2. Line a muffin pan with cupcake wrappers.
3. Cream the butter and caster sugar until pale and fluffy.
4. Add egg in stages until fully incorporated.
5. Add half the flour and baking powder and FOLD gently until completely mixed in.
6. Add milk, FOLD again.
7. Add half the mashed bananas FOLD
8. Add the other half of the dry ingredients and FOLD.
9. Then the rest on the milk and banana and FOLD. (see a pattern?)
10. Fill the wrappers 2/3 with the batter.
11. Smooth the batter gently to get an even surface.
12. Mix the oats and demerera sugar and use 1 tsp to sprinkle over the batter.
13. Bake for 20-25 mins.
14. When baked leave to cool for 2 mins then remove to a cooling rack to cool completely.

My hubby was a happy man when he got home last night!

We were all happy at breakfast time this morning!!

Have a great, sunny, weekend!

xx Kat xx

Banana Daiquiri Cupcakes ~ My entry for Augusts British Cupcake Challenge 2011

So I was searching the net for a fun cupcakey style something to give me an excuse to keep baking ~ this is due to my hubby getting fed up of me baking for no reason and, as he puts it, "crapping up the kitchen!!" Anyway I got a bit bored so checked out my flickr page (yes I am on flickr). I was looking at cupcakey groups and found the British Cupcake Challenge 2011. At the beginning of every month they give you some ingredients and you have to create yummy tasting/looking cupcakes, post the picture of the finished cupcakes to the group, then wait to be judged at the end of the month!!