Below is a recipe for a (let's face it) pretty unhealthy cake - banoffee and marshmallow to be exact. However, don't feel too bad, one slice won't do you any harm, and it is amazing! Follow the instructions and you'll have people begging for another slice.
Allow half an hour for prep and 50 minutes for baking.
Ingredients
3 bananas, 165g butter, 165g brown sugar, 325g self raising flour, 4 eggs, 4 tablespoons of milk, 1 tablespoon of baking powder, 1 tablespoon of cinnamon, 300ml double cream, 50g marshmallows, 450g jar of caramel
Method
1. Pre heat the oven to 190C (gas mark 5). Add the butter and sugar to a bowl and mix together until you have a smooth paste. In another bowl add the flour, cinnamon and baking powder and mix together.
2. Add the eggs one at a time to the butter/sugar mixture. For every egg you add, also add a tbsp of the dry mixture. Once all the eggs are added whisk up well and pour in the milk and any dry mixture you have left.
3. Create a banana paste. Do this by taking two of the bananas and putting them in a bowl. The use a potato masher to mash the bananas, or if you prefer use an electric mixer. Add this banana paste to the other mixture and again, mix together well.
4. Rub some butter around the bottom and sides of a 21cm cake tin and spoon in the cake mixture. Make sure you have an even surface, and then put it in the oven. You'll need it to bake for 40-50 minutes, but keep checking it with the "fork test" - i.e. stick a fork or knife into the centre of the cake and if it comes out without an mixture stuck to it you can be confident it's baked well.
5. When you're happy the cake is fully baked take it out the oven and stand for a few minutes to cool down. Then take it out of the tin and let it fully cool (a wire cake stand is ideal).
6. Now for the filling. Whip the cream in a bowl until it becomes quite stiff. Then cut the final banana and the marshmallows into small pieces and add them to the cream. Mix the whole lot up really well until you have a consistent banana/marshmallow filling.
7. Using a bread knife slice the cake horizontally into three equal layers. On top of the first layer spoon on the caramel followed by the cream mixture made in step 6. Add another slice of cake and repeat. Use the remaining caramel and cream on top of the cake, and if you wish, use some marshmallows to decorate the top of the cake. Done!
Allow half an hour for prep and 50 minutes for baking.
Ingredients
3 bananas, 165g butter, 165g brown sugar, 325g self raising flour, 4 eggs, 4 tablespoons of milk, 1 tablespoon of baking powder, 1 tablespoon of cinnamon, 300ml double cream, 50g marshmallows, 450g jar of caramel
Method
1. Pre heat the oven to 190C (gas mark 5). Add the butter and sugar to a bowl and mix together until you have a smooth paste. In another bowl add the flour, cinnamon and baking powder and mix together.
2. Add the eggs one at a time to the butter/sugar mixture. For every egg you add, also add a tbsp of the dry mixture. Once all the eggs are added whisk up well and pour in the milk and any dry mixture you have left.
3. Create a banana paste. Do this by taking two of the bananas and putting them in a bowl. The use a potato masher to mash the bananas, or if you prefer use an electric mixer. Add this banana paste to the other mixture and again, mix together well.
4. Rub some butter around the bottom and sides of a 21cm cake tin and spoon in the cake mixture. Make sure you have an even surface, and then put it in the oven. You'll need it to bake for 40-50 minutes, but keep checking it with the "fork test" - i.e. stick a fork or knife into the centre of the cake and if it comes out without an mixture stuck to it you can be confident it's baked well.
5. When you're happy the cake is fully baked take it out the oven and stand for a few minutes to cool down. Then take it out of the tin and let it fully cool (a wire cake stand is ideal).
6. Now for the filling. Whip the cream in a bowl until it becomes quite stiff. Then cut the final banana and the marshmallows into small pieces and add them to the cream. Mix the whole lot up really well until you have a consistent banana/marshmallow filling.
7. Using a bread knife slice the cake horizontally into three equal layers. On top of the first layer spoon on the caramel followed by the cream mixture made in step 6. Add another slice of cake and repeat. Use the remaining caramel and cream on top of the cake, and if you wish, use some marshmallows to decorate the top of the cake. Done!
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