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[Addicted]

I'm a foodie and I love to cook, eat and talk about food.

With a banana cake in the oven, here is the recipe.

Banana Cake:
Ingredients
Melted butter, to grease
125g butter, at room temperature
315g (1 1/2 cups) caster sugar
1 1/4 cups mashed overripe banana (about 2 large bananas)
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla extract
100ml buttermilk (I udes normal milk)
225g (1 1/2 cups) self-raising flour
1/2 tsp bicarbonate of soda
1 banana, extra, to decorate
Fresh lemon juice, to brush
Cream cheese frosting
125g cream cheese, at room temperature
50g unsalted butter, at room temperature
230g (1 1/2 cups) icing sugar mixture
1 1/2 tsp buttermilk

Method
Step 1
Preheat oven to 180°C. Brush a round 20cm (base measurement) cake pan with melted butter to grease. Line the base and side of the pan with non-stick baking paper.
Step 2
Place the butter, sugar, banana, eggs and vanilla in the bowl of a food processor, and process for 2 minutes or until well combined. Add the buttermilk and process until combined.
Step 3
Add the flour and bicarbonate of soda, and process until just combined. Pour the mixture into the prepared pan. Shake the pan to settle the mixture. Bake in oven for 1 hour or until a skewer inserted into the centre comes out clean. Set aside in the pan for 10 minutes to cool slightly, before transferring the cake to a wire rack to cool completely.
Step 4
Meanwhile, to make the cream cheese frosting, use an electric beater to beat the cream cheese and butter in a bowl until well combined. Add the icing sugar and beat until well combined. Add the buttermilk and beat until the mixture is pale and creamy.
Step 5
Place the cake on a serving plate. Spread the cream cheese frosting over the top of the cake.
Step 6
Peel and thinly slice the extra banana. Lightly brush 1 side of each slice of banana with lemon juice. Arrange the banana slices, lemon juice side up, around the edge of the frosting to serve.

[Doug R.]

I'm making these for the first time tonight:

http://www.favfamilyrecipes.com/2010/09 ... iders.html

[Addicted]

Hamburger is mince meat?
I'm so not American

[Henkie]

That looks so disgusting Doug.... And yummie.

[Doug R.]

They were ok. I'm not sure if it was worth the prep time. And I have no idea what mince meat is. Just that Brits make a pie out of it.

[Addicted]

It's meat that has been minced. Raw meat and you buy it like that although my mother did sometimes mince her own steak. Many shops here sell it in three grades or at least two, related to fat content.

I use it in making hamburgers patties, spaghetti bolognaise, taco filling or meat pies and pasties for example. My kids love it better then steak.

[SekoETC]

Cultural differences are funny. When I went to school, I was taught that ground meat is called minced meat. But that was British English, Americans call it hamburger, where as elsewhere hamburger means a bun with a patty inside.

[Addicted]

Thanks Seko. I think we need a translator.

[Snickie]

We call it ground (whatever kind of meat it is) here.

We went paleo back around August or September, so we have fun with recipes. Here's one my mom made earlier this week

Coconut Curried Chicken & Sweet Potatoes

2 tbsp olive oil, divided
1 lb. chicken breast tenders
2 large shallots, finely sliced
1/2 cup coarsely chopped red onion
2 1/2 tsp curry power
1/2 tsp crushed red pepper
1/2 tsp sea salt
1 large sweet potato, peeled and diced into half-inch cubes
14 oz coconut milk
2 green onions, chopped
2 tbsp chopped fresh cilantro

Heat 1 tbsp oil in large Dutch oven over medium-high heat. Season chicken with salt and pepper, sauté for 5 to 7 minutes or until center is no longer pink. Remove chicken and cover.

Add remaining oil to Dutch overn. Sauté shallots and onion for 3 to 5 minutes. Sprinkle in spices and salt. Add potatoes and coconut milk; bring to a boil. Cover and reduce heat to medium-low. Simmer 10 minutes. While potatoes are simmering dice chicken.

Add chicken to curry; simmer 5 more minutes or until potatoes are cooked. Top with green onion and cilantro.


I think we used 3 sweet potatoes and added more broth/spices to offset it, and let it simmer longer. It was really good.

[Finn Felton]

It is nice that you shared your recipe with us. I would try it but there is one problem. Since the dish is made of banana it got to be fatty. I'm on diet and I guess I shouldn't try such things for the next two month until my weight gets below 70kg

[catwill]

It is nice that you shared your recipe with us. I would try it but there is one problem. Since the dish is made of banana it got to be fatty. I'm on diet and I guess I shouldn't try such things for the next two month until my weight gets below 70kg

Bananas are fat free, however they are high in sugar.

[Alladinsane]

Banana's are not fatty, only when combined with sloth.

[Finn Felton]

I'm sorry for my ignorance. I didn't know much about banana and I used to think that banana can make you fat until I read this article -
http://www.livestrong.com/article/50685 ... belly-fat/

Thank you so much for the recipe once again. Now I'll look forward to trying some banana dish soon!

[SekoETC]

Wheat flour and sugar can make you fat.

[kinvoya]

As others have mentioned bananas aren't fattening but the butter and cream cheese in the recipe definitely are. Almost any desert made with flour will also have butter in it. C'est la vie!

Here's a pretty low-fat breakfast recipe I ganked and then improved upon. It could also be desert if you want.

Plus, (before it sits overnight) add a couple of eggs, 4 tablespoons of room temperature butter, the morning ingredients and enough all-purpose flour to make it thick (about 2/3 cup) and you can make cookies! If you make cookies use two cups of old-fashioned oats rather than the steel-cut oats. Put big spoonfuls on a cookie sheet and flatten them out a bit. Bake at 350 degrees for 10-15 minutes.

KINVOYA’S OVERNIGHT ORANGE OATMEAL

Ingredients, the night before:

1 cup old-fashioned oatmeal
1 cup steel-cut oats
½ teaspoon cinnamon
¼ teaspoon salt
1 - 1½ cups original plain almond milk, sweetened or unsweetened (divided)
1 - 1½ cups fresh-squeezed or not-from-concentrate orange juice (divided)
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract (omit or reduce if you use vanilla almond milk)
½ teaspoon pure orange extract (optional, use it if you like an extra-orangey flavor)
¼ - ½ teaspoon diced ginger (optional or to taste)
½ cup dried fruit such as raisins, dried cranberries or dried pomegranates (optional)

Mix the oats, cinnamon and salt together in a large bowl. Add 1 cup almond milk, 1 cup orange juice, vanilla extract, orange extract and ginger.

Add dried fruit. If you use the dried fruit also add your choice of ½ cup additional almond milk or orange juice.

Stir together gently but thoroughly. Cover the bowl or put it in a plastic bag and refrigerate overnight or for at least eight hours.

Ingredients, the next morning:

¼ cup almond milk (to thin oats)
Sweetener of choice (optional or to taste)
1 teaspoon butter, sour cream or yogurt (optional)
Nuts, seeds, shredded coconut, chocolate chips and/or fresh fruit (optional)

Spoon desired amount of oatmeal into bowl. Add almond milk and stir. Heat in the microwave for 1 minute or on the stove top if you want it warm - or just enjoy it cold.

Add other ingredients as desired. Note: The butter and white or brown sugars won’t melt or mix well in cold oatmeal.

Will keep in refrigerator for one week.

Servings - Makes a lot! Enjoy!