Recipes continued
Banana Cake | Serves 10 |
180g butter, room temperature, chopped
1 ½ cups raw sugar
2eggs
2¼ cups self raising flour ½ teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon cinnamon ½ teaspoon nutmeg ½ cup buttermilk
1 teaspoon white vinegar
1 teaspoon vanilla essence
1 ½ cups very ripe mashed banana
1.Preheat oven to 180°c. Grease and line a 20cm baba pan.
2.Using the Mixmaster bowl with the bowl speed set on High, beat butter and sugar on High speed (7) until well combined.
Add eggs, one at a time, beating well between each addition.
3.Take bowl speed to Low and reduce mixing speed to Low
4.Pour mixture into prepared tin and bake for about 40 minutes or until cooked when tested with a skewer.
5.Allow cake to cool in pan for 5 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool.
Glazed Orange Poppy Seed Cake | Serves 8 |
125g butter, softened |
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¾ cup caster sugar |
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1 tablespoon finely grated orange rind
2 eggs
1 cup self raising flour
1/3 cup milk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract ¼ cup poppy seeds
Glaze
2 teaspoons orange zest
½cup orange juice
½cup caster sugar
1.Preheat oven to 180°c. Grease and line and 20cm cake tin.
2.Using the Mixmaster bowl with the bowl speed set on High, cream butter, sugar and rind on High speed (7), until light and fluffy.
3.Add eggs one at a time, beating well between each addition.
4.Take bowl speed to Low and reduce mixing speed to Low (1), and add flour and milk in two batches; mix until just combined. Mix through poppy seeds.
5.Spread mixture into prepared tin and cook in oven for about 50 minutes or until cooked when tested with a skewer.
6.Meanwhile combine the zest, orange juice and sugar in a small saucepan. Stir oven a low heat until the sugar has dissolved; bring to the boil, simmer for 2 minutes.
7.Turn cake out on to a cooling tray with a baking tray underneath. Using a wooden skewer, poke several holes into the cake then pour the hot syrup over the hot cake.
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