Banana butterscotch cake

 

It was such a day when I had loads of over riped bananas in my fruit bowl and scratched my head as to how to use it off. being a weekend thought of baking a quick banana muffins with it , but dint have the patience to even arrange the muffin moulds and whole of the experiment resulted with a cake in the shape of a foccacia bread :) . Anyway it tasted lovely and so all was fair!!

Here goes the recipe which is quite simple and I did the mixing in my food processor bowl , so it was all the more easy, nevertheless the texture of the cake was good

            

                         

                               

  

Ingredients

Eggs  - 2

Mashed bananas - 1 cup

Raisins - 1 cup

Sugar - 2 tbspns

Whole wheat flour - 1 cup

Refined oil - 1/4 cup

Baking powder - 1 tspn

Baking soda - a pinch

Butter scotch - a handful

Method 

Mix everything in a food processor or in a large bowl whisk it up and pour the batter in a pan . Top it with a handful of butterscotch and bake in a preheated oven at 180 degrees celsius for about 20 - 25 mins or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean

The butter scotch gives a very nice crunchy crust for the cake !

Simplest cake with no butter

Have a major cake in agenda, reason being my son's b'day and on my shopping to procure some stuffs , I found this beautiful butterfly silicon mould. I cudnt stop myselves from buying it , I know many would agree with me in that aspect of 'shopping' :)

Ok anyway that same afternoon my daughter was quite restless missing her brother who started with full day school and hence we both decided to bake a cake which is really really simple. I have heard this recipe before and just last week my friend also told about it and so thought of giving it a try and also to try out my new mould :)

Following is the recipe

Eggs - 3 no.s ( I took country eggs)

Flour- 1/2 cup ( whole wheat )

Sugar - 1/4 cup

Vanilla essence - 1/4 tspn

Milk - 2 tbpsn

Choco chips

Method

Beat eggs with an egg beater till fluffy and double or even the triple its quantity. Slowly add in the powdered sugar and whisk again and also add the vanilla essence. Fold in the flour and and also add the milk. Finally throw in the choco chips ( this is only for the sake of being fancy :) ) and pour in the mould and bake at 170 degrees celsius in a preheated oven for about 15 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the middle of the cake comes out clean.

 

Remove from oven and let it cool.. Serve !

Pretty easy na.. and no butter or oil too...

Bake and enjoy!!!

Eggless dates cake

Date cake- Eggless

Ingredients:
18 dates
3/4 cup milk
3/4 cup sugar
1 cup whole wheat flour
1/2 cup oil
1 tea spn baking soda
1 tbl spn any nuts ( optional)


Method:
Soak the dates in warm milk overnight or just heat milk and dates for few minutes or microwave them so that dates becomes soft and help in grinding. Remove the seeds. Add sugar and grind them to a smooth paste along with the milk in which it is soaked in. Add oil and mix.
Sieve together flour and baking soda. Add the flour one table spoon at a time and mix slowly. Add the nuts and mix.
Preheat the oven at 350F. Bake the cake in a greased oven proof dish for 35-40min (or till a knife inserted in the cake comes out clean). 


Note : This cake was done in my convection microwave those days , will take a proper picture when I bake this yummy cake n my OTG next time .

Eggless butterless chocolate cake

Egg less chocolate cake


Ingredients 

1 1/2 cup whole wheat flour
1 cup powdered sugar
1/2 tsp. salt
1 tsp. baking soda
4 tbsp. cocoa
1 tsp. vanilla
1 tbsp. vinegar
6 tbsp. oil
1 cup cold water


Method

Preheat oven to 350°F.
Grease an 8 or 9-inch square baking pan or 9 x 12-inch pan.

Combine flour, sugar, salt, baking soda and cocoa. Sift all together in the pan in which you will be baking the cake. Using a spoon, dig 3 holes or wells in the dry ingredients.

In one, put 1 teaspoon vanilla, in another, 1 tablespoon vinegar and in the third, 6 tablespoons of oil. Pour over the top 1 cup cold water; stir with a fork.

Bake the cake in preheated oven for about 25 or 30 minutes. 




Note : Picture is ancient :)