Banana Cake

[Jay&Zobel]

Hi friends,

I was inspired again by Tin's Shawarma... So I tried another recipe from Asda's free magazine (June09)...

2 browning medium bananas peeled & mashed with fork
1 large egg
130g self raising flour (1 1/2 cups)
1tsp baking powder
55g butter, softened, plus extra greasing
100g caster sugar (3/4 cups)

1) Preheat the oven 180C. Grease a loaf tin/cake tin with butter
2) In a large bowl, mix everything together, combining well with a fork. You may need to add a drop of milk to achieve a loose dropping consistency, depending on how mushy the banana is. (I put around 2fl oz of milk).
3) Pour into the tin and bake for 35-40min. Leave cool in the tin then turn onto a wire rack.
4) Serve with ice cream and you can dust some icing sugar if you want...


The riper the banana is the better... Super easy & super cheap

[bornatbirth]

looks sarap!

[Sconnie]

Looks delicious,
I asked Vanessa to make one, have to buy bananas :-)

[Mrs.JMajor]

Hehe same here inspired with tiN Shawarma, I made it but change with TUNA instead of beef, taste great didnt able to take picture in it

[Jay&Zobel]

looks sarap!

I made it for the 1st time and it's very moist hehe..Thanks

Looks delicious,
I asked Vanessa to make one, have to buy bananas :-)

You can use very brown bananas hehe.

Quote from Asda: "Most of us overestimate how much fruit we're actually going to eat, and stock up on far too much at once - so an awful lot ends up in the bin. Which is a shame, reality, when there are loads of delicious and really simple things to do even with fruit that's past its best.

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You can also use overriped bananas for BANANA FRTIITERS!!!(will try this at some point)

Hehe same here inspired with tiN Shawarma, I made it but change with TUNA instead of beef, taste great didnt able to take picture in it

Take photos

[Arthur Little]

Hi friends,

The riper the banana is the better... Super easy & super cheap

My 64th birthday happened to coincide with the first trip I made to the Philippines last September. To celebrate the occasion, one of Myrna's elderly relatives - a retired Home Economics teacher - baked a similar cake. Delicious!

All five of Myrna's brothers are employed by Uni Fruiti - one of them being Chief Security Officer at a large plantation in Mindanao - and so bananas were always in plentiful supply. Without meaning to criticise Asda [or any of the other British supermarket giants, for that matter] you'll know only too well, that the home-grown bananas in the Phils are far superior to the imported varieties on sale here ... and even cheaper still! But then, I'm talking about the ripe Cavendish Banana from Davao ... which, I'm told, renders the others "tasteless".

[tiN]

Good job manay I will try to make it

Do u have any left u can send it to me if u want

[jimeve]

looks crap!

looks nice to me

[Arthur Little]

Hi friends,

I was inspired again by Tin's Shawarma... So I tried another recipe from Asda's free magazine (June09)...

2 browning medium bananas peeled & mashed with fork
1 large egg
130g self raising flour
1tsp baking powder
55g butter, softened, plus extra greasing
100g caster sugar

1) Preheat the oven 180C. Grease a loaf tin/cake tin with butter
2) In a large bowl, mix everything together, combining well with a fork. You may need to add a drop of milk to achieve a loose dropping consistency, depending on how mushy the banana is. (I put around 2fl oz of milk).
3) Pour into the tin and bake for 35-40min. Leave cool in the tin then turn onto a wire rack.
4) Serve with ice cream and you can dust some icing sugar if you want...

Hello again, Zobel,

It occurs to me, my earlier post must've given the impression that I'm some kind of "walking advert" for the world-famous Davao Banana. Sorry about that;I guess I'm just biased. And, in the words of 'Mary Poppins' (circa 1964/5, if my ailing memory serves me correctly!) the Asda cookbook recipe looks [and obviously, tastes] "truly scrumptuous" or "sarap" as bornatbirth says. Many thanks for sharing it (and the pictures) with us, and very well done on your first try!

[Jay&Zobel]

looks sarap!

looks nice to me

lol..
bornatbirth... jimeve quoted you... looks crap or sarap? hehe... did you edit it afterwards? lol// i dont mind if it looks crap... what matter is it tasted niceeeeeeee hehe...

[Tawi2]

Jay&Z,that looks beautiful,I always get Banana cake when I am in Davao,it tastes a little spicy,whats that ingredient?A little cinnamon maybe?
Arthur,I have visited several large DOLE plantations in Mindanao,my mate is one of DOLE's head engineers,though he is based in Sri Lanka at the moment working for DOLE-lanka,always loads of free fruit

[Tawi2]

It doesnt look crap,quite the reverse actually,lammi kaayo

[jimeve]

my wife makes Banana cakes when some banana's get over ripe. taste really good.

[Jay&Zobel]

My 64th birthday happened to coincide with the first trip I made to the Philippines last September. To celebrate the occasion, one of Myrna's elderly relatives - a retired Home Economics teacher - baked a similar cake. Delicious!

All five of Myrna's brothers are employed by Uni Fruiti - one of them being Chief Security Officer at a large plantation in Mindanao - and so bananas were always in plentiful supply. Without meaning to criticise Asda [or any of the other British supermarket giants, for that matter] you'll know only too well, that the home-grown bananas in the Phils are far superior to the imported varieties on sale here ... and even cheaper still! But then, I'm talking about the ripe Cavendish Banana from Davao ... which, I'm told, renders the others "tasteless".

Hello again, Zobel,

It occurs to me, my earlier post must've given the impression that I'm some kind of "walking advert" for the world-famous Davao Banana. Sorry about that;I guess I'm just biased. And, in the words of 'Mary Poppins' (circa 1964/5, if my ailing memory serves me correctly!) the Asda cookbook recipe looks [and obviously, tastes] "truly scrumptuous" or "sarap" as bornatbirth says. Many thanks for sharing it (and the pictures) with us, and very well done on your first try!

Hi Arthur,

You're not biased at all... The reasons why bananas here doesnt taste that nice in comparison because they are imported and basically they were picked from the trees when they are still unripen and send ships to the UK.

[Tawi2]

I love banana fritters and banana-Q,I ate so many bananas before I had LBM's I wish I could have some fried bananas at this very moment with honey drizzled over them

[jimeve]

I like those banana's on a stick, you buy them from street velour's.

[Tawi2]

Banana-Q jim,I love them,I can last a full day eating nowt but Banana-Q,in Mindanao they are 3 pesos each.I think the most I had in a day was between 12-15

[Sophie]

Hi friends,

I was inspired again by Tin's Shawarma... So I tried another recipe from Asda's free magazine (June09)...

2 browning medium bananas peeled & mashed with fork
1 large egg
130g self raising flour
1tsp baking powder
55g butter, softened, plus extra greasing
100g caster sugar

1) Preheat the oven 180C. Grease a loaf tin/cake tin with butter
2) In a large bowl, mix everything together, combining well with a fork. You may need to add a drop of milk to achieve a loose dropping consistency, depending on how mushy the banana is. (I put around 2fl oz of milk).
3) Pour into the tin and bake for 35-40min. Leave cool in the tin then turn onto a wire rack.
4) Serve with ice cream and you can dust some icing sugar if you want...


The riper the banana is the better... Super easy & super cheap

wow, this looks so yummy zobel well done patikim naman po, yum yum
thanks for the recipe sis

[Tawi2]

You know how much they are at the Barrio fiesta in Hounslow?About a quid each and they dont taste as nice as the ones from the tinderas in pinas,here they use non-stick pans that have no character

[bornatbirth]

lol..
bornatbirth... jimeve quoted you... looks crap or sarap? hehe... did you edit it afterwards? lol// i dont mind if it looks crap... what matter is it tasted niceeeeeeee hehe...

hey zobel i never posted that! it still looks yummy

looks like jimeve took artistic license with my post shame on you

[jimeve]

hey zobel i never posted that! it still looks yummy

looks like jimeve took artistic license with my post shame on you

sorry mate, could not resist it.

[Tawi2]

You could have sparked off an international incident there Jim,Gloria could have prepared her forces for a pinoy assault on the UK,cake-wars

[jimeve]

hot cakes and cookies,

[Jay&Zobel]

hey zobel i never posted that! it still looks yummy

looks like jimeve took artistic license with my post shame on you

hehe... lol coz I quoted you 1st before he quoted you, lol I read it as "sarap" hahaha

sorry mate, could not resist it.

hehe well done you.. lol

[Pepe n Pilar]

Hi Zobel,
looks yummy!... I will have to try that too sometime. We have prepared our own cakes at the same time... When you sent me the link i was about to start to make the icing on my chocolate cake with raspberry fillings...

Thank you guys you have given me inspiration to bake cakes more often. To Aromulus, Tin, Zobel and Sophie.

Special thanks to Sophie for giving me the correct recipe of the leche flan.

[Jay&Zobel]

Hi Zobel,
looks yummy!... I will have to try that too next time. We have prepared our own cakes at the same time... When you sent me the link i was about to start to make the icing on my chocolate cake with raspberry fillings...
Thank you guys you have given me inspiration to bake cakes more often. To Aromulus, Tin, Zobel and Sophie. Special thanks to Sophie for giving me the correct recipe of the leche flan.

pictures please....

[empott]

Looks nice, Zobel. Well done.

[pennybarry]

Hi friends,

I was inspired again by Tin's Shawarma... So I tried another recipe from Asda's free magazine (June09)...

2 browning medium bananas peeled & mashed with fork
1 large egg
130g self raising flour
1tsp baking powder
55g butter, softened, plus extra greasing
100g caster sugar

1) Preheat the oven 180C. Grease a loaf tin/cake tin with butter
2) In a large bowl, mix everything together, combining well with a fork. You may need to add a drop of milk to achieve a loose dropping consistency, depending on how mushy the banana is. (I put around 2fl oz of milk).
3) Pour into the tin and bake for 35-40min. Leave cool in the tin then turn onto a wire rack.
4) Serve with ice cream and you can dust some icing sugar if you want...


The riper the banana is the better... Super easy & super cheap

Looks delicious. I wish I could make a delicious one. In Pinas, I knew a bakeshop and BANANA cake is their specialty. It was really lovely and always missed their banana cake. I am not sure what kind of banana they used as we have different kinds of bananas in Pinas. We have saba, la tundan, lakatan, saging na pula, green lakatan, senyorita and many more

Banana-Q jim,I love them,I can last a full day eating nowt but Banana-Q,in Mindanao they are 3 pesos each.I think the most I had in a day was between 12-15

You can make banana fritters here like what I used to do. Just buy lumpia wrapper at chinese store. Cut banana into two and wrap it with brown sugar inside. Then fry it.

Saba, a kind of banana in Pinas is the best one for fritters but we don't have it here.

[aug06_2006]

banana cake is my fav. yummyyyyyyyyyyyy!

[Jay&Zobel]

Looks delicious. I wish I could make a delicious one. In Pinas, I knew a bakeshop and BANANA cake is their specialty. It was really lovely and always missed their banana cake. I am not sure what kind of banana they used as we have different kinds of bananas in Pinas. We have saba, la tundan, lakatan, saging na pula, green lakatan, senyorita and many more

I used ordinary bananas available in all supermarkets...


You can make banana fritters here like what I used to do. Just buy lumpia wrapper at chinese store. Cut banana into two and wrap it with brown sugar inside. Then fry it.

Saba, a kind of banana in Pinas is the best one for fritters but we don't have it here.

I haven't seen any Saba bananas here like we have in the PI but Plantain can be a substitute (available in supermarkets). Plantains are firmer, longer and usually require cooking or some other kind of processing before you eat them.




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