So I’ve been driving almost a week now and it still feels so
surreal. I can’t quite get my head around the fact that someone thinks I’m safe
enough to be let on the roads. I’m still a bit juddery at times with gear
changes so I need to learn to stop being so quick with the clutch. Mr T keeps
telling me it will get better the more I drive and the more I get used to the
clutch but so far I’m not convinced. I’ve been taught not to accelerate hard
yet my car only has a little engine so it needs a bit of ompf to get it going.
I also need to learn to bay park properly, why don’t they teach us this in the
lessons? I know reverse around a corner is similar but it’s not the same. I
want to go on little shopping trips but I can’t until I master bay parking and
I know it will all come with time and experience but I’m impatient and want to
be able to do everything yesterday.
But anyway…. back to things I know I’m good at and can
control – cake! I love banana bread but I was bored of my usual recipe and
wanted to try something different. I had a nose online and came across this
chocolate banana loaf by good old Mary Berry. There were very overripe bananas
in the fruit bowl and some chocolate chips in the cupboard so I knew I could
whip this up without having to nip to the shops. That’s my pet hate, taking a
notion to bake then realising you are missing a key ingredient. As always I
have made a few tweaks (ok I doubled everything) but the original quantities
just weren’t enough to give a good size banana loaf. I also opted for an icing
glaze to decorate just cos I love the look of icing dripping down the side of
the cake.
2 ripe bananas
2 tbsp milk
100g baking spread
150g plain flour
150g caster sugar
1 tsp bicarbonate
of soda
1 tsp baking
powder
2 eggs
80g chocolate chips
- Preheat the oven 160C (fan).
- Grease and line a standard loaf tin
- Whisk all the ingredients together (except for the banana and chocolate) until smooth.
- In a separate bowl break the banana up with a fork. I like a bit of texture so I left the banana quite lumpy.
- Gently fold the banana into the mixture.
- Stir in the chocolate chips and spoon the mixture into the prepared loaf tin.
- Bake for 45-50 minutes until a skewer inserted comes out clean.
- Leave in the tin for 10minutes then remove and place on a wire rack to cool.
To decorate
100g icing sugar
A few tbsp of water
20g chocolate chips
- Mix the icing sugar and water together until you have a smooth yet thick runny icing.
- Pour over the cooled loaf and spread with a palette knife if needed.
- Sprinkle over the chocolate chips and enjoy!
PS, who liked GBBO? I really need to get back into
practicing bread!
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I was wondering if I could change Dublin Clutch Replacement since it was not working. But one of my friends has told me to go to a mechanic shop to repair that or replace that.
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