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macgirl

WhooHoo IMD! You are on FIRE! :T

In_my_dreams

savingholmes wrote: »

IMD you sound like you are doing so well! Now that your OH has joined in you are going from strength to strength!

Fingers crossed it will last!

Cake isn't overly exciting - made Banana Bread as I have a race tomorrow and want something to eat before and after that I don't have to pay for, and we had some soggy bananas to use - very MSE of me I thought It does smell delicious though and is really nice toasted.

Keeping_Motivated

In_my_dreams wrote: »

Cake isn't overly exciting - made Banana Bread as I have a race tomorrow and want something to eat before and after that I don't have to pay for, and we had some soggy bananas to use - very MSE of me I thought It does smell delicious though and is really nice toasted.

Mmm any chance of posting the recipe?

I also have some soggy bananas

Happytogetdebtfree

Very Delia of you :-) x

In_my_dreams

It's Nigella's and I have eaten almost half a loaf already

100g sultanas 75ml bourbon or dark rum 175g plain flour 2 teaspoons baking powder 1/2 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda 1/2 teaspoon salt 125g unsalted butter, melted 150g sugar 2 large eggs 4 small, very ripe bananas (about 300g weighed without skin), mashed 60g chopped walnuts 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 23 x 13 x 7cm loaf tin, buttered and floured or with a paper insert
Serving Size : Makes 8–10 slices

1. Put the sultanas and rum or bourbon in a smallish saucepan and bring to the boil.
2.
Remove from the heat, cover and leave for an hour if you can, or until the sultanas have absorbed most of the liquid, then drain. 3.Preheat the oven to 170ºC/gas mark 3 and get started on the rest. Put the flour, baking powder, bicarb and salt in a medium-sized bowl and, using your hands or 4.a wooden spoon, combine well. In a large bowl, mix the melted butter and sugar and beat until blended. Beat in the eggs one at a time, then the mashed bananas. Then, with your wooden spoon, stir in the walnuts, drained sultanas and vanilla extract. Add the flour mixture, a third at a time, stirring well after each bit. Scrape into the loaf tin and bake in the middle of the oven for 1–11/4 hours. When it’s ready, an inserted toothpick or fine skewer should come out cleanish. Leave in the tin on a rack to cool, and eat thickly or thinly sliced, as you prefer.

Lemon_Tree

i've got nana cake on my list of jobs to do tomorrow along with mincemeat cake, stew and soup. I want to make full use of the cooker whilst it's on

macgirl

My Mum makes banana and walnut bread - but not with RUM! Yum, might have to give that a whirl, thanks for posting the recipe. Where's the race?

In_my_dreams

"Just" a 10 mile fell race local to me - say just as that feels like a short run compared to the 23 miles I'm doing next week :eek::eek::eek:

REDMADCURLS

Just...........that would kill me..............well done you!

Lemon_Tree

my nana cake doesn't have rum or walnuts in it thankfully. But it does include nana's lol