Banana Cake & Farewell
It was exactly three years ago today that I started this blog. It has been fun and enjoyable sharing my ‘experiments’ with all you people out there, those who have actively supported me through the three years, and those who have done it silently, I thank you all.
After three years, I think it is time to say goodbye to my beloved ‘Café of the East’. In the three years since I started blogging, I have seen a plethora of cooking blogs appearing. I remember I have time to visit the few good cooking blogs three years ago easily most days, but now I find that I don’t have the time and also impossible to check on most blogs on the net today. As all you bloggers out there, you all know how time consuming it is to blog – taking photos, editing photos, uploading, research & write-ups, etc., then also time to answer questions as well. I think I need a rest from blogging after three years! I haven’t decided yet if I will continue to blog in the future (if I do, it will be on a brand new blog or I’ll post the recipes on my forum), however I will not been updating this blog anymore. Café of the East will however stay open so you can still access the recipes that I have posted so far, just no more new update.
As for my ‘Home Baking Club’ forum, I’m thinking of partially closing it down as well, as it has not been a success as I hope it would be. As a forum, most members have not been active in coming forward and sharing their cooking or baking experience. Only about 20 or so members have been active there, so I sincerely thank those few active members who have kept the forum going the past year or so. I really appreciate it.
So I bid you all farewell, and hope to see you soon somewhere on the net… and here I share with you one final time, one of my favourite cakes…
[Ingredients]
250g (1 cup) mashed over-ripe banana, from about 2 cavendish bananas
1 teaspoon lemon juice
150g butter, softened
150g caster sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
3 eggs
200g plain flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
½ teaspoon bicarb. of soda (baking soda)
2 tablespoons milk powder
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[Preparation]
1. Preheat oven to 180°C. Grease the sides of a 20cm round cake tin and line base with baking paper.
2. Mash the bananas and lemon juice with a fork, set aside. Sift plain flour, baking powder, soda and milk powder together, set aside.
3. Cream butter and caster sugar until pale and creamy. Beat in vanilla. Beat in eggs, one at a time, until combined.
4. Add mashed banana and fold in. Add sifted flour mixture and fold in.
5. Pour into the prepared tin. Bake for about 50 minutes, or until cooked when tested with a skewer.
[Note]
1. Please note this recipe uses 1 standard cup of 250ml, 1 tablespoon of 20ml and 1 teaspoon of 5ml.
2. The size of egg used is about 60g (includes shell) unless otherwise stated.
After three years, I think it is time to say goodbye to my beloved ‘Café of the East’. In the three years since I started blogging, I have seen a plethora of cooking blogs appearing. I remember I have time to visit the few good cooking blogs three years ago easily most days, but now I find that I don’t have the time and also impossible to check on most blogs on the net today. As all you bloggers out there, you all know how time consuming it is to blog – taking photos, editing photos, uploading, research & write-ups, etc., then also time to answer questions as well. I think I need a rest from blogging after three years! I haven’t decided yet if I will continue to blog in the future (if I do, it will be on a brand new blog or I’ll post the recipes on my forum), however I will not been updating this blog anymore. Café of the East will however stay open so you can still access the recipes that I have posted so far, just no more new update.
As for my ‘Home Baking Club’ forum, I’m thinking of partially closing it down as well, as it has not been a success as I hope it would be. As a forum, most members have not been active in coming forward and sharing their cooking or baking experience. Only about 20 or so members have been active there, so I sincerely thank those few active members who have kept the forum going the past year or so. I really appreciate it.
So I bid you all farewell, and hope to see you soon somewhere on the net… and here I share with you one final time, one of my favourite cakes…
[Ingredients]
250g (1 cup) mashed over-ripe banana, from about 2 cavendish bananas
1 teaspoon lemon juice
150g butter, softened
150g caster sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
3 eggs
200g plain flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
½ teaspoon bicarb. of soda (baking soda)
2 tablespoons milk powder
http://cafeoftheeast.blogspot.com/
[Preparation]
1. Preheat oven to 180°C. Grease the sides of a 20cm round cake tin and line base with baking paper.
2. Mash the bananas and lemon juice with a fork, set aside. Sift plain flour, baking powder, soda and milk powder together, set aside.
3. Cream butter and caster sugar until pale and creamy. Beat in vanilla. Beat in eggs, one at a time, until combined.
4. Add mashed banana and fold in. Add sifted flour mixture and fold in.
5. Pour into the prepared tin. Bake for about 50 minutes, or until cooked when tested with a skewer.
[Note]
1. Please note this recipe uses 1 standard cup of 250ml, 1 tablespoon of 20ml and 1 teaspoon of 5ml.
2. The size of egg used is about 60g (includes shell) unless otherwise stated.
Labels: Cakes and Cupcakes, Teatime Treats
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