Prelim pass and Eggless Banana cake..

I passed my Prelim exam and oral...It was an experience I will never repeat. Writing exams for one whole month and then waiting for a oral that was never getting scheduled and then 3 months after my exam.. was a torture! But I passed. The 2 days after my orals I spent with my friends, cooking and eating, and playing... The whole past week has been kind of busy with work and class, and come Monday the schedule will continue to be busy with exams for my TA class.. So this weekend, no just today, I decided to let go.. and how? with my friend Alka, who visited me all the way from Clearlake..

We had long talks, celebrated our togetherness with dinner and lunch.. watched a movie..funny movie.. shopped.. and said our goodbyes and finally she decided to come back soon! What a peaceful day...

Now to celebrate the last weeks, I decided to bake... Eggless Banana cake...this is an original recipe, with ingredients that I have at home. It's still baking and must be done by the time I finish this blog .. so wait to the end of this blog to know how the recipe/cake turned out.

Ingredients -
3 cups cake flour
5 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
1 1/2 cup milk
2 cups bananas, mashed
8 Tbsp butter, melted
1 cup light brown sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla essence

Pre-heat the oven to 350F. Mix together bananas, butter and milk. Add baking powder and soda bi-carb to this mixture, beat. Add essence, brown sugar, beat. Finally add flour little at a time and beat. Butter and flour a baking pan, pour in the flour mixture and bake for 50 mins.

Note: You can add nuts and chocolate chips to this recipe. Do not beat after adding fruits, nuts and chips, just blend them into the flour gently.

Now we wait for my cake to bake!!!

OK. Cake is light, moist and tasty.. delicious. But, I would rather use this recipe as a bread than a cake. So try....see how you prefer it.. and probably the next time with a fat free recipe of the eggless version????

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