Lady Fingers Galore

But not from our tree :(  Although our tree 'pups' have been in the ground over a year, they seem to be extremely slow growing. They came from my Dad's suburbia tree - it seems to produce copious amounts of them! He gave us two hands on the weekend, a few days later they have all ripened at once (of course).

As we love smoothies, a fair few went straight in zip lock bags into the freezer for later use. I love love love frozen bananas in smoothies!

Cake tends to be the next best thing to make - great for school lunch boxes and with ice cream for dessert! I am always trying different recipes and scouring different books - this 'Easy Banana Cake' from the local day care centre has come up trumps. You know the type of fundraising books I mean; all the mums, aunts, grandparents etc contribute with 'never fail' delicious things to cook and the centre raises money to buy extra play equipment etc for our kids to enjoy.

So preheat the oven to 180 deg C (160 fan forced), spray some muffin trays and set aside.
Melt 125g butter, 3/4 cup sugar (I used raw), and 1 teaspoon vanilla in large saucepan on low heat till all melted and sugar dissolved. Add 2 mashed bananas (I used 3 lady fingers) and stir through until just blended. Add one egg and mix well. Stir in 1 & half cups of self-raising flour (wholemeal best). Add 1/4 cup milk and mix lightly. Spoon into the trays and bake for approx 20 minutes. I had enough to fill 24 mini muffins plus half a dozen others. If you were doing a round cake, obviously this would take longer!

I would love to hear from you on what you do with those ripe bananas.