banana recipes

banana cake recipe

Banana Cake

115g butter     1/2 teasp vanilla
170g sugar  1/2 teasp bicarb soda
3/4 cup mashed ripe banana  1/3 cup milk
2 cups SR flour 4 tsp cornflour 
1 egg 1/4 teasp salt
Cream butter and sugar well, add mashed bananas and beat until evenly blended.  Beat in egg.  Dissolve bicarb in the milk, add vanilla.  Stir into mixture alternately with sifted flour, cornflour and salt.  Mix well.  Pour into greased 20cm lined square tin.  Bake in 180-175 C oven for 40-45 minutes.  Served with butter. 

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Banana Chutney

12 medium sized bananas, firm but not too green            1 tablespoon salt
2  1/2 cups malt vinegar  1 cup sugar
3/4 cup dates, halved and stoned  1 teaspoon nutmeg
1/4 cup sultanas    1 tablespoon cinnamon
1 cup raisins  2 teaspoons turmeric
Peel and slice bananas.  Place into a large saucepan.  Add half the vinegar, bring to the boil, then simmer, stirring for 5 minutes.  Add remaining vinegar, stir over low heat for 3-4 minutes.  Add remaining ingredients and continue cooking gently, stirring occasionally for about 1 hour.  Pour into hot, clean jars and seal. 

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Banana Spread

3 bananas, mashed 50g butter or margarine
1 lemon, juice and rind 3/4 cup sugar
2 beaten eggs  
Stir all together over low heat until thick.  Do not boil.  Store in fridge and use on toast, scones, icecream

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Bananas Caribbean

6 bananas   1/4 teasp cinnamon
1/4 cup brown sugar  1/4 teasp nutmeg
1/2 cup orange juice  1/2 cup sherry
30g butter  4 tab rum
Peel bananas and arrange in a flat, greased baking dish.  Combine brown sugar, orange juice and rind, cinnamon, nutmeg and sherry in a saucepan.  Heat to dissolve the sugar then spoon over bananas.  Dot with butter. Bake at 180C for 10-15 minutes until tender.  Just before serving, heat rum, set alight and pour over bananas.

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Warm Fruit Salad

4 bananas, peeled and sliced 1 cup brown sugar
2 punnets of strawberries, hulled 1 cup orange juice
3 mandarins, peeled and thickly sliced  4 pears, peeled and cubed
Place mandarin segments and pear slices in pan.  Combine sugar and orange juice in a jug and pour over fruit. Heat until sugar has dissolved, then add bananas.  When juice starts to bubble, add strawberries and stir gently.  Remove from pan and serve with cream or ice cream.

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