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Sour Cream Banana Cake
125g butter, softened
1 cup caster sugar
2 eggs
½ cup sour cream
2 cups self-raising flour
¼ teaspoon baking soda
1 cup mashed banana
1. Preheat oven to moderate (180
o
C/160
o
C
fan-forced). Grease and line a 20cm round
cake pan with baking paper.
2. Place butter and sugar in the large bowl.
Mix on medium speed (4-6) until smooth
and creamy. Add eggs one at a time
beating well after each addition. Add sour
cream and mix until combined.
4. Sift in flour and baking soda. Mix on low
speed (1-3) until just combined. Gently
fold through bananas.
5. Pour into prepared pan and bake for 40-45
minutes or until cooked.
6. Allow to cool in pan for 15 minutes,
before turning onto a wire rack to cool.
TIP:
This cake goes great with Real Chocolate
Frosting (see page 24).
Pancakes
2 ½ cups plain flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1
⁄
3
cup caster sugar
1 egg
1 ½ cups milk
Butter for frying
1. Place flour, baking powder, baking soda
and caster sugar in the large bowl. Whisk
on low speed (1-3) until combined. Add
egg and milk, increasing speed to medium
(4-6) and whisk until the batter is smooth.
2. Heat a large frypan over medium heat.
Working in batches add 1 tablespoon
butter and ¼ cup of batter. Cook until
golden on both sides. Repeat with
remaining mixture.
TIP:
Here are a few different ideas to make
normal pancakes spectacular!
Bananas and Butterscotch Sauce
Melt 100g butter with ½ cup brown sugar
in a small saucepan, add ¼ cream, bring to
a simmer and set aside. Slice bananas over
pancakes and pour over sauce.
Chocolate Nutella Pancakes
Add 80g of melted milk chocolate and ¼ cup
melted nutella to the above pancake recipe
when adding the milk to the batter. Garnish
with orange segments for a refreshing twist.
Mixed berry Pancakes
Add ½ cup frozen berries to pancake mix at
the end. You can always add the zest of one
lemon as well.
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