Gooey Nutella Banana Bread

Ingredients

• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 3/4 tsp. baking soda
• 1/2 tsp. salt
• 1/4 cup unsalted butter, at room temperature
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 2 large eggs
• 1 1/4 cups mashed ripe banana
• 1/3 cup skim milk
• 1 tsp. vanilla extract
• 3/4 heaping cup Nutella

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray 8×4-inch loaf pan with nonstick spray.

2. In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking soda & salt.

3. In a separate large bowl, beat sugar and butter with an electric mixer at medium speed until blended. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Add banana, milk and vanilla. Beat until blended.

4. Add flour mixture, beat at low speed just until flour is incorporated (don’t over mix).

5. Spoon Nutella into a small dish and soften in the microwave for about 15 seconds. Add 1 cup of the banana bread batter to the Nutella and stir until blended well. Spoon Nutella batter alternately with plain banana bread batter into the prepared pan. Swirl batters together with a knife.

5. Bake 50 to 60 minutes, it will seem a tiny bit undercooked but that’s what makes it good. Cool for at least 15 minutes in the pan, and then turn out onto a wire rack to cool completely.

Strawberry Cupcakes

Yield: 3 dozen cupcakes or 3, 9 inch round cake pans.

Ingredients

• 1 cup Butter
• 2 & 1/2 cups Sugar
• 5 Eggs, separated
• 1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
• 1 teaspoon Red Food Coloring
• 1 & 1/4 cups Pureed Strawberries
• 3 cups Cake Flour, sifted
• t teaspoon Baking Powder
• 1 teaspoon Baking Soda
• pinch Salt
• 1 cup Buttermilk

Cooking Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. In a medium bowl, beat butter with sugar for 3 minutes.
3. Add egg yolks one at a time, then the vanilla, food coloring and strawberries, beat for another 3 minutes.
4. Sift dry ingredients and add to butter/egg mixture alternately with buttermilk, beginning and ending with the dry ingredients.
5. Mix just till combined.
6. In another bowl and clean beaters, beat egg whites till stiff and add in an increment of 3 to cake batter, being sure to fold in thoroughly but gently.
7. Bake for 18 or so minutes for cupcakes and 20-25 minutes for 9 inch round cake pans

Cream Cheese Buttercream

Ingredients

• 1 - 8oz Cream Cheese, room temp
• 1/2 cup Butter, room temp
• 1/3 cup Heavy Whipping Cream
• 1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
• 1 teaspoon Red Food Coloring
• 1 lb. Powdered Sugar

Cooking Directions

1. In a medium bowl, add cream cheese and butter, whip till light and creamy, about 3 minutes.
2. Add liquids and blend.
3. Slowly add powdered sugar while mixing, (to keep the sugar from decorating your counters and appliances, not including you.)
4. At this point you may need to add more powdered sugar. You are trying to achieve a medium stiff consistency. Whip for several minutes.

KIT KAT CAKE

How cute is this cake?! Not only does it look awesome, it is so easy to make! No cake decorating skills required.

All you do is take your favorite cake recipe, bake and let cool. Before frosting, make sure your cake is shorter than a kit-kat bar, if not trim some off the top to leave room for the M&M’s. Frost with your favorite frosting.

Take a bunch of kit-kat bars (about 4 large packages), cut or gently break each bar into two sections. Place the bars on the cake, gently pushing into the frosting. Tie with a ribbon and fill the center with M&M’s (about 1 large bag). You can leave some out to pour around the base of your cake. That’s it! Easy peasy!

Mum's Chocolate Slab Cake

Mum's Chocolate Slab Cake 

• 2 cups water
• 3 cups caster sugar
• 250g butter, chopped
• 1/3 cup cocoa
• 1 tsp bi carb soda
• 3 cups SR flour
• 4 eggs, slightly beaten

Method:

Place water in pot over heat. Once hot, add butter and sugar, then stir.
When all sugar is dissolved, summer for 5 mins. Add bi-carb soda then turn off.
After 10 mins, add SR flour, cocoa and eggs.
Grease and line a roasting tray.
Bake at 170degress for 45 mins.
Let sit for 10 mins
Ice and serve.

This is my mother's large chocolate slab cake! :) It is not exactly healthy.. lol.. but amazingly yummy! This is great for large family gatherings.

Eggless Anything Cake

Courtney's Eggless Anything Cake

• 4 cups of SR flour
• 2 cups of sugar
• 8tbls butter - melted
• 4tbls golden syrup
• 2tsp vanilla essence
• 2 cups of milk

Add 2 cups of anything for flavour, such as:

• Chocolate chips
• Banana
• Apple
• Carrot
• Sultanas

Method:

Mix all together

Bake for 40-50mins in moderate oven or until middle raises when you touch it.

This was another recipe i got from EACH Child. :) Its not that healthy, but AMAZINGLY AWESOME!!! haha

Courtney's Choc Mint Self Saucing Pudding

Courtney's Choc Mint Self Saucing Pudding

• 1 cup of SR flour
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 2 tbls cocoa
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup milk
• 1tsp peppermint essence
• 30 gms butter - melted

Sauce:

• 3/4 cup brown sugar
• 1/4 cocoa
• 1 1/3 cups hot water

Topping:

• 200g chocolate mint biscuits from coles.

Method:

Preheat oven on 170degrees C. Sift flour, salt and cocoa.

Add sugar to the mixture. Stir in milk, peppermint and melted butter until smooth.

Spread evenly into a greased oven proof dish.

To make sure, combine brown sugar and cocoa. Mix well and sprinkle over cake mixture. 

Pour hot water on top - slowly, over the back of a spoon. Bake for 50-60mins. 

Once out of the oven, Sprinkle chopped up choc mint biscuits over pudding and let sit for a few mins.

Serve with ice cream.

This is Steven's favourite! He loves to add double the chocolate pieces! haha Note: you can add any flavour, like caramel biscuits and vanilla essence instead of peppermint.