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Banana cake recipe
Ingredients
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4 ripe bananas mashed
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250g self raising flour
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125g butter or margarine
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2 tablespoons of runny honey
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125g dark brown sugar
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150g raisins
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2 beaten eggs
Method
1 · Put oven on at 180 C.
2 · Grease medium loaf tin.
3 · Rub butter into flour. Stir in sugar
4 · Make a well and add eggs. Add honey, raisins, mashed bananas and stir together well.
5 · Pour into loaf tin.
6 · Cook on middle shelf of oven for 1-1 ¼ hours.
7 · Check it is cooked by putting knife/skewer carefully into middle of cake, it should come out clean.
8 · Let it cool in tin then turn out onto plate.
Salted caramel chocolate brownie recipe
Ingredients
For the salted caramel filling
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150g granulated sugar
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pinch of sea salt
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125ml double cream
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10g salted butter, softened
For the brownies
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180g plain flour
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3 tbsp cocoa powder
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¼ tsp salt
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300g dark chocolate, minimum 65-75% cocoa solids
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150g unsalted butter
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4 free-range eggs
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220g light brown sugar
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150g caster sugar
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1 tsp vanilla extract
Method
1 · Preheat the oven to 190C/180C Fan/Gas 5. Grease a 32x23cm/13x9in tin and line with parchment.
2 · For the caramel, put the sugar in a saucepan and melt over medium heat until dark brown in colour. Remove from the heat and carefully add the salt and half the cream. (CAUTION: boiling sugar is extremely hot. Handle very carefully.)
3 · Once the mixture has settled, add the remaining cream and butter. If the mixture is lumpy warm it over a low heat and stir until smooth. Pour into a jug to cool.
4 · For the brownies, sift the flour, cocoa powder and salt into a large bowl and set aside.
5 · Melt the chocolate and butter in a pan over medium heat, remove from the heat and allow to cool slightly.
6 · Whisk the eggs, sugar and vanilla extract in a large bowl until thick and pale. Whisk in the chocolate, then fold in the flour mixture until just combined.
7 · Pour half the batter into the tin and smooth the surface using a spatula. Add a thin layer of the caramel, making sure to leave the edges clean. Add the remaining batter and gently level the top. Bake for 25-30 minutes, or until a skewer inserted in the middle comes out with just a few moist crumbs. Allow to cool completely in the tin.
8 · Remove from tin and cut into 12 squares.