Yippee... Its Christmas time.... Its baking time....its time to indulge in sweets... And this is my first Christmas post wedding.. So, its very very special. :))
Christmas has always meant "time to indulge into pastries, cakes, muffins, tarts, pies, puddings, oh... what not?!"
I decided to venture into the ever green banana walnut cake. But you see, its pouring cats and dogs since 4 days in my place and cannot venture out to the grocery store to buy the missing ingredients. And you wanna know what was missing - lo, the walnut was missing! ha ha... I did not even possess baking powder, vanilla or any other essence.
So i decided to throw in some nuts that i could lay my hands on. Also, in the due course of my search, i ended up finding cranberries too! Hurray, a new entry into my cake :D
So, this is what i did on this rainy afternoon.
All you need is
1. 250 gms of All purpose flour(Maida)
2. 250 gms of sugar - can be powdered
3. 2 cardamom for flavor/in place of essence
4. 3 eggs
5. 3 ripened bananas
6. 100ml water
7. a pinch of salt
8. Almond - 1 cup
9. Cranberry - 1 cup
10. 100gms of unsalted Butter
Hey, its Christmas time, you can certainly use 1 cup of dry fruits!
Powder sugar and cardamom, add butter to it and mix well. Beat 3 eggs to fluffy and mix it with sugar, butter & cardamom. Use a fork and mash bananas to a fine paste. Add this into butter mixture. Now, add all purpose flour into the bowl, little by little, trying to blend it until smooth paste is formed. use the cup of water too in it.Now, the batter should be of thick consistency and should not consist any lumps in it.
Add the cranberries and almond and give it a toss. Now, grease the baking pan with a little of butter or cooking oil and pour the batter into it. Pre heat the oven to 350degree Fahrenheit and place this baking dish in it. Bake this for 30 minutes in 350degree Fahrenheit or until the toothpick comes clean from the cake.
Lo, the banana cake/bread is ready.. I m off to eat/hog! :P
Tc,
N:astro
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