Friday, November 27, 2009

Honeys Fav Roasted Banana Bars


2c ripe banana, sliced (about 3 med)

1/3c brown sugar, packed

1 Tbsp butter chilled and cut into small pieces (Yogurt cup)

2 ¼ c cake flour

¾ tsp baking soda

½ tsp baking powder

¼ c buttermilk (lite)

1 tsp vanilla

½c butter softened

1 ¼ c sugar

2 large eggs

Chocolate chips

Cinnamon

Preheat oven to 400

Combine banana, brown sugar and 1 Tbsp butter in an 8’ square baking dish

Bake at 400 for 35 minutes, stirring after 17 minutes, cool slightly


Reduce heat to 375

Combine flour, soda, and baking powder in bowl


Combine banana mixture, buttermilk and 1 tsp vanilla in another bowl


Place ½ cup butter and sugar in a bowl and beat until well blended

Add eggs, mix well

Add flour mixture to sugar mixture alternating with banana mixture

Pour batter into 13 x 9” pan coated with cooking spray


Bake about 15 min




Saturday, November 21, 2009

Chocolate Raspberry Torte




















8
Squares bakers chocolate
3/4c
Butter
1
Package jello (They say raspberry, I used cherry)
1/2c
Sugar (I left this out and it was still very sweet)
3
Eggs
1/3c
Flour (I used whole wheat and added a bit more....)
1/2c
Chopped toasted pecans (optional)
2c
Cool whip


Grease and flour 9 inch round cake pan. (I used a bread pan...one of babas wide ones!!) line bottom with parchment paper.


Microwave 4 squares of chocolate with the butter in large bowl. (about 2 min)
When melted, stir in jello and sugar and mix until smooth.

Mix in eggs, flour and pecans until well blended. (Mine was a bit thinner than waffle batter...more like crepe batter I suppose)


Pour in to pan and bake about 40min at 350F
Bake until toothpick in center comes out with fudgy crumbs. I think I kinda underbaked mine but it says DO NOT OVER BAKE. Let cool.

Melt 4 squares of chocolate and mix in with cool whip. spread over cake....mmmm.....
I liked it better once it cooled and sat in the fridge but whatever you like:):):)