Banana Bread - recipe that my Mum always used to make, no idea where it came from.
4 oz butter
7 oz caster sugar
8 oz self-raising flour
3 over ripe bananas
1 egg
1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
1) Cream together butter and sugar.
2) Add the egg, beaten.
3) Mash the bananas and add to the mixture.
4) Add the flour and bicarbonate of soda.
5) Bake at 180 degrees C for ~30-45 minutes in a 2 lb loaf tin. (My current oven isn't very good and it took almost an hour for the cake to bake properly, I just stuck some tin foil over the top after 25 minutes so that the top didn't burn.)
Belgian Biscuit Cake - another family recipe, no idea what makes it Belgian
4 oz butter
1 tbsp golden syrup
1 tbsp sultanas
1 tbsp glace cherries (tbh I just chuck in the dried fruit until it looks like a good amount)
2.5 oz hot chocolate powder (the kind with sugar already added)
8 oz rich tea biscuits
100 g milk chocolate
1) Crush the biscuits into a fine powder.
2) Melt together the butter and golden syrup.
3) Add the hot chocolate powder and dried fruit to the butter/syrup.
4) Mix in the crushed biscuits then transfer to a dish/tin and press down so that the mixture is nice and compact. Leave to cool in the fridge.
5) Melt the chocolate and pour over the biscuit mixture. Put back in the fridge until the chocolate has set.
Cherry & Amaretto Cake
4 large eggs
50 g caster sugar
200 g self-raising flour
100 g ground almonds
1 tsp baking powder
2 tsp vanilla extract
200 g butter, melted
75 g glace cherries (again, I jut throw them in until it looks like a good amount. The original recipe had dark chocolate instead of cherries, which is also really nice, but I prefer the cherry version.)
200 g hard amaretti biscuits, crushed
2 tbsp amaretto liqueur
1) Whisk eggs and sugar together.
2) Add flour, almonds, baking powder, vanilla essence and melted butter.
3) Stir in liqueur, cherries and crushed biscuits.
4) Bake at 180 degrees C for 45-50 minutes (again, I covered the top with tin foil after 25 minutes to stop it from burning).