Baking addicts...

I don't need to be told twice - I'll be baking that this weekend, looks divine. Df will be over the moon

Thanks MissShell!

If anyone has spotty bananas to use I've made this yummy banana/coconut cake twice in the last week.

INGREDIENTS
CAKE:
1 cup desiccated coconut
1 cup castor sugar
1 1/2 cup self raising flour
1 cup mashed banana
1 cup coconut milk
1 egg
1 teaspoon of vanilla extract
ICING:
100g dark chocolate melts
1/4 cup cream

METHOD
Grease and line a square slice tin, and preheat your oven to fanbake 150 degrees Celcius.

In a large bowl combine dry ingredients.

Mash your banana and combine with the rest of the wet ingredients in a separate bowl.

Pour wet mixture over dry mixture and mix until combined (it will look a little lumpy due to the chunks of banana and the coconut).

Place batter in your prepared tin and cook for about 50 minutes to 1 hour until your loaf is lightly browned and a skewer inserted in the centre comes out clean.

Allow to cool in pan for 10 minutes and then turn out onto a wire rack to cool completely.

Microwave chocolate melts and cream together for 1 1/2 minutes then spread over cake.

This will apparently keep well for about a week in an airtight container though it hasn't lasted long enough to prove this (I kept mine in the fridge because of the icing).

Cake decorators what do you use for piping? Want to start making and decorating more cupcakes.

bumping this up to show my easter surprise muffins hehe, the surprise being a mini caramello egg inside each one

Anf course i had to try them out, perfect with icecream while warm!

oh and here's some others from a few months back.







...can you tell I love PINK and food colouring!

shannon wrote: I love baking too i normally bake 2x a week. 2 of my faves at the moment are choc chip slice yummm and berry toblerone brownie...

mmm yum share your recipes please

Hi,

I'm a newbie to the forums and still TTC number 1, but I love baking too!

My last session was a greek yoghurt choc cake from the Taste mag that came with this month's Next, and a chocolate zucchini cake, a recipe I found on the net.

I gave the yoghurt cake to a friend with a newborn and hubby has been devouring the zucchini cake, although he didn't know about the zucchini until he'd eaten a big slice.

Also a dabhand at choc chip cookies (Allyson Gofton Bake book) and good old Edmonds banana cake.

But I've piled on the kgs already this winter so need to stop sampling my wares!