Thursday, January 7, 2010

Back to back baking

Having access recently to an oven has allowed me to practice my baking skillz and come up with some righteous recipes again. So for today, I share with  you my recipe for Drunk Banana Cake, which I used to do in Europe during our travels. Enjoy.


Drunk Choco-Banana Cake (Serves 10) best with Jello-Shots ;-)


Ingredients:


5 cups all purpose flour
1/2 cup corn starch
2 teaspoons baking powder
2 teaspoon baking soda

2/3 cup full cream milk
3 teaspoon lemon or lime juice
1/3 cup REAL butter
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 teaspoon banana extract

4 large eggs (or 6 medium)

---Choco-element---
1/4 cup cooking cacao powder
1/2 cup cooking chocolate
1 shot gin
1 shot vodka
1 shot schnapps
1 shot brandy

Sift flour, corn starch, sugar, baking soda and powder in a bowl.
Prepare buttermilk by mixing milk with lemon juice in a shaker.
Beat eggs, then put in the bowl along with other ingredients.
Mix well use a mixer if available.

Prepare chocolate-liquor element separately, use blender until thick consistency.

Pre-heat oven to 350 F (or arnd 180 C). Apply butter/lard coating to baking pan/dish.
Pour cake mixture into pan evenly.Then pour chocolate element into desired pattern.

Let bake for 35-40 minutes. Take out oven and let cool for 1 hour before putting on cream/icing.
(Note: most of the alcohol will evaporate during the baking process, so if you want an extra kick for this cake, you can top this with a Jello-shot glaze along with sliced bananas and icing). Bon apetit or cheers :-D