tonight I had my friend CM over for an evening of Good Bad TV (you know, those shows/movies that are so horrifically bad that they're actually good), which obviously called for some delicious baked goods. Inspired by a recipe posted recently on one of my fave blogs, Pia Jane Biljkerk, I decided to put all my overly ripe bananas to good use and cook up some banana and chocolate slice. I couldn't find the exact recipe on her blog, so i just took direction from the photograph and made it up. It was delish! recipe below:
chocolate and banana slice
1 cup self raising flour
pinch of salt
1/4 cup of milk
1 egg, beaten slightly
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
3/4 cup castor sugar
60 grams butter
1/2 cup mashed banana (pref. very ripe)
1 ripe banana (for topping), sliced thinly
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon of nutmeg
1/2 cup coarsely chopped good quality dark chocolate (i used Lindt)
1/2 cup finely processed Dutch cocoa
1. Sift flour and add salt, sugar, baking powder, chocolate, cocoa and spices and stir gently together.
2. Melt the butter over low heat and mix the egg, milk, butter and banana together, combining well.
3. Make a well in the dry ingredients and slowly combine the dry ingredients.
4. Pour into a greased lamington pan and bake for 25 - 30 minutes in a moderate oven.
5. Reduce the heat, layer thin slices of banana over the top of the slice, and cook for a further 5 minutes until banana is golden. (i also sprinkled some brown sugar on top to create a caramelised effect).
chocolate and banana slice
1 cup self raising flour
pinch of salt
1/4 cup of milk
1 egg, beaten slightly
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
3/4 cup castor sugar
60 grams butter
1/2 cup mashed banana (pref. very ripe)
1 ripe banana (for topping), sliced thinly
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon of nutmeg
1/2 cup coarsely chopped good quality dark chocolate (i used Lindt)
1/2 cup finely processed Dutch cocoa
1. Sift flour and add salt, sugar, baking powder, chocolate, cocoa and spices and stir gently together.
2. Melt the butter over low heat and mix the egg, milk, butter and banana together, combining well.
3. Make a well in the dry ingredients and slowly combine the dry ingredients.
4. Pour into a greased lamington pan and bake for 25 - 30 minutes in a moderate oven.
5. Reduce the heat, layer thin slices of banana over the top of the slice, and cook for a further 5 minutes until banana is golden. (i also sprinkled some brown sugar on top to create a caramelised effect).
Did anyone catch Nigella Lawson on Enough Rope last night? I was so pleasantly surprised by the interview and more than a little embarrassed i have to admit. I have always pinned her as quite aloof, and a bit of an airhead. I was proven wrong though - she is one classy, super-intelligent, hypervigilant woman. She gave incredibly insightful opinions on the state of food across the world, on the obesity epidemic and discussed the seemingly worldwide view that her cooking shows are merely food porn. If you missed out, you can catch some of the highlights here.
love this:
andrew: you call yourself greedy, you use that word a lot about yourself. True story that you once accepted the challenge to eat 20 pickled eggs in ten minutes?
nigella: I’m not sure how many. It may even have been 30. But that I’m afraid was not so much about greed or not so much greed for food but financial greed because there was a thousand pounds riding on it.
andrew: what was it like to eat, did you win the bet?
nigella: i did it and I felt slightly contemptuous that anyone thought they could beat me in the eating stakes.
classic!
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