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[Martin B]

Hi!

 

I'm looking for a few cake recipes! I was just wondering if you could help out!

 

I require recipes for each of the following:

Coffee and Walnut Cake

Banana Loaf

Carrot Cake

Lemon Drizzle Cake

Plain Chocholate Cake

 

Can anybody help? If there are any other cake recipes you have but yet I have missed out I would be more than greatful of them!

 

Martin

[Jaime]

Banana and Pecan Loaf - from BBC website.

 

Its my most favourite Banana recipe - I suppose you could leave out the pecans - But I put in a few more!! It's actually very easy to make and I've never had a poor one.

 

 

Ingredients

75g/2¾oz plain flour

75g/2¾oz wholemeal flour

1 tsp bicarbonate of soda

1 tsp ground mixed spice

100g/3½oz butter, softened

100g/3½oz caster sugar

2 large bananas, mashed

2 eggs, lightly beaten

100g/3½oz pecan nuts, roughly chopped

 

 

 

Method

1. Preheat the oven to 180C/350F/Gas 4. Grease and line a 900g/2lb loaf tin.

2. Sift together the flours, bicarbonate of soda and mixed spice, tipping any bran in the sieve into the bowl.

3. In a large bowl beat together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the bananas and egg, then stir in the flour mixture along with 75ml/5tbsp boiling water. Stir in the pecan nuts.

4. Spoon the mixture into the tin and smooth out the top. Bake for about 1 hour until risen and golden. Delicious served warm.

 

Per serving:

 

Energy: 225kcal

Protein: 4g

Carbohydrate: 23g

Fat: 12g

[Martin B]

Cheers Jaime! That looks fantastic!

[Snowy]

Very good timing Jaime, thanks! I promised the boys we could bake a banana cake tomorrow, so will give this one a try

[ali-s]

Here is a Banana and Chocolate chip cake receipe I have been making for years. All the ingredients were in ounces so I have converted them into grams.

 

Banana and Chcolate chip cake

225g Self raising flour

1/2 tsp Baking powder

125g Butter or marg

150g Light soft brown sugar

2 Eggs beaten

2 Ripe Bananas mashed

100g Chocolate chips

 

Sift flour and baking powder into a large bowl.

Beat in the butter, sugar and eggs until smooth.

Stir in the bananas and chocolate chips.

Put in cake tin or tins and bake.

 

Cooking time 25 - 30 minutes

Oven temperatre 180oc

 

Use either a 1kg loaf tin, a 18cm cake tin or 2 18cm snadwich tins.

 

If using sandwich tins fill with butter icing.

 

 

Butter Icing

 

50g Butter or margarine

100g Sieved icing sugar

 

Cream butter, gradually add icing sugar and cream together.

[Snowy]

Well that's torn it - I'm spoilt for choice now!

[Lesley]

Try www.deliaonline.com Martin - I always look there if I don't have a recipe as her recipes always work.

[Egluntyne]

Both sound delish.......will be trying them in rotation!

[Martin B]

Thanks everyone!

[Christian]

Here you go Martin

 

CARROT AND BANANA CAKE

 

6oz plain flour

2oz wholemeal flour

8oz sugar

2 tsp bicarb of soda

1 1/2 tsp cinnamon

1/2 tsp ground nutmeg

1/2 tsp salt

 

3 large bananas mashed(orig recipe calls for 8 fl oz of apple sauce but i'm allergic to apples)

2 tbsp veg oil

2 egg whites

2 whole eggs

10 1/2 oz grated carrot

 

a) mix the dry ingredients together

b) mix the wet ingredients together (not the carrot)

c) mix a and b together

d) add the carrot and mix well

 

pour into a loaf tin and bake 180C for 1 hour 10 mins

 

I use med/large eggs

the mixture looks really sloppy and always needs at least 20mins or so extra cooking

 

enjoy!

[Jaime]

I've never thought of carrot and banana together but it sound interesting as I love carrot cake - will have to give it a try....

 

But banana and chocolate chips - A definite maybe for next weekend

[Martin B]

Thanks Christian! Fab as usual!

[NorthernBird]

Coffee and Walnut Cake

 

CAKE

 

225g butter

225g soft brown sugar

4 eggs

225g self raising flour

50g walnuts, chopped

2tbsp strong coffee

 

 

FILLING

 

65g caster sugar

4tsp water

165g butter

9 walnuts

1tbsp strong coffee

2 yolkes

 

for the batter

 

* set the oven to gas mark 3

* mix the butter and sugar till smooth and light

* add a little flour and mix in the eggs 1 at a time

* slowly fold in the remaining flour and then the chopped walnuts and coffee

* divide the mixture into 2 tins and bake for 30 min

* cool on a wire rack

 

for the filling

 

* put the sugar and water in a small saucepan and boil on a low heat for 10 min

* whisk the yolks and slowly pour on the sugar syrup, carry on whisking until cool

* fold in the butter and coffee

* use half the mixture to fill the cake and the other half as topping

* decorate with remaining nuts

 

 

to make 'stong coffee' i just use however many spoons out of the jar the recipe requires then and the same amont of spoons of water.

[Christian]

Thanks Christian! Fab as usual!

 

*blush* You are very welcome. I usually have a slice for breakfast-very nutritionally balanced, I know

Edited April 23, 2007 by Guest

[Snowy]

Well the banana and chocolate cake was a great hit with the boys today! Great recipe and very easy to make - just chuck it all in and whisk. I cooked it for about an hour though. Came out very light and fluffy inside with a heavenly crispy outer .......

 

Must go and eat the last piece before the kids decide to have it for breakfast tomorrow

[The Dogmother]

I've got loads of recipes Martin - next time you come over we'll have to have a bake-in!

[Martin B]

Sounds fun!