Hit me with your best banana recipes!!

[Phteven]

Sorry. Forgot about your diet.

It's good in smoothies - add a bit of natural yogurt, some wheat germ, a dash of honey...

My sister makes coconut bananas to serve with curry.

2 firm, ripe bananas, peeled, sliced
2 tablespoons lemon juice
1/2 cup desiccated coconut

Stir it all together - serve with curry as a side to reduce the burn.

[Netix]

Have a fabulous banana cake recipe, the main thing is it uses brown sugar instead of the usual white or raw. Its very moist, and the only banana cake I now make. I'll look for it if you want.

[Liviam]

Yes please Netix - I absolutley love banana cake

[Netix]

Okay,

Banana Cake

2 tblsp butter, soft
3/4 cup brown sugar
2 tblsp milk
1 1/2 cups flour
1 tsp bicarbonate soda
1 tsp baking powder
3 bananas, mashed
1 egg, well beaten

Preheat oven to 170c fan forced, grease and line a cake tin.
Cream together butter and sugar, mix in milk, sifted flour, bicarb, baking powder, and bananas.
Add egg, mix until all combined well.
Pour into prepared tin, bake for 40 mins or until baked.

From the All Recipes website I think... It's a fairly dense cake, not really light like a bread. I've had banana 'bread' from McCafe, which was quite dense, but it was toasted and spread with butter. My point is that this isn't like McCafe banana bread, but I think it would be yum sliced and given a bit of a toast..... Enjoy

[nothing2lose]

Now all these recipes are low carb, low fat and low calorie right???

Thanks everyone!

So far I have used two to make wholemeal and bran banana pikelets for DD's afternoon tea and snack for tomorrow.

[Astrid]

Check out Nigella's site, there is a great recipe for choc banana muffins. 12 muffins use up 3 bananas. 1/4 banana per muffin, that is healthy isn't it?

[Epacris]

I absolutely LOVE freezing ripe bananas and whizzing them up with a bit of milk and Greek yogurt as a smoothie. It’s so much better and creamier if you freeze them before whizzing.

[~TT40~]

Okay,

Banana Cake

2 tblsp butter, soft
3/4 cup brown sugar
2 tblsp milk
1 1/2 cups flour
1 tsp bicarbonate soda
1 tsp baking powder
3 bananas, mashed
1 egg, well beaten

Preheat oven to 170c fan forced, grease and line a cake tin.
Cream together butter and sugar, mix in milk, sifted flour, bicarb, baking powder, and bananas.
Add egg, mix until all combined well.
Pour into prepared tin, bake for 40 mins or until baked.

From the All Recipes website I think... It's a fairly dense cake, not really light like a bread. I've had banana 'bread' from McCafe, which was quite dense, but it was toasted and spread with butter. My point is that this isn't like McCafe banana bread, but I think it would be yum sliced and given a bit of a toast..... Enjoy

Im going to try this. wish me luck. i thought baking soda, and backing powder were the same thing?? hmm. appears i will have to go to the shops to get supplies.

[nothing2lose]

No, baking soda is bicarb soda.

Baking powder is a rising agent added to plain flour to make self raising flour.

[~TT40~]

hmm so if i have self raising flour can i replace the plainflour and baking powder with that?