Sugarless, Flourless Cake!!!

I picked this little recipe up off a facebook link the other week and have been waiting to find three ripe bananas ever since. This evening I managed to get together all the other ingredients, so here we go:

 In a large bowl mix together:
3 ripe mashed bananas
third cup apple sauce
2 cups oats
quarter cup almond milk
half cup raisins (I used currants)
1 tsp vanilla essence
1 tsp cinnamon

Chuck it in a greased loaf tin and spread evenly
Bake Gas 4 for 15-20 minutes

It looks like a giant flapjack - can't wait to try it! But that will have to wait for the Church picnic tomorrow - unless I can't hold out. Then I'll be tasting it for breakfast instead.

But it is a great cake for anti flour dieters, and diabetics who love cake - like my dad!

Apple & Banana Cinnamon Muffins

Baking day has begun in earnest today ready for our party this evening. My first offering turned out to be these, I was given some apples, I have no idea if they are cookers or eaters, so I pureed them in sugar water and threw in some cinnamon and a little ginger. Then to make it go a bit further I threw in a banana for good measure and made a great puree.

In a large bowl mix together:
375g self-raising flour
220g caster sugar

In a small bowl mix together:
90g melted salted butter
half cup sour cream
quarter cup milk
2 large eggs

Mix the wet into the dry then stir in:
1 cup apple puree *

Divide the mixture between 12 muffin cases
Bake on Gas 5/6 for 20-25 minutes
Leave in the tin for a few minutes before removing onto a wire rack to cool

Then serve to a dozen friends :)

* to make the puree
peel and core 2 large apples
chop into small chunks
put in a pan with a tablespoon of water and 2 tablespoons of sugar
sprinkle with some ground cinnamon and ground ginger
add a diced banana
cook until pulped - use the potato masher to pulp if required

Apple and Cinnamon Muffins

It's 'Using up all the fruit in the bowl Day' so I have made a couple of batches of muffins today, until the eggs ran out - how I miss my hens, and having fresh eggs every day.
To make these:

First peel 3 or 4 apples and peel and dice them into small chunks. Cook in a saucepan with a little water and a lot of sugar, stir them, until they pulp up like apple sauce. Set aside to cool a little.

In a large bowl mix together:

375g self raising flour

200g demerara sugar

20g castor sugar

1 teaspoon of ground cinnamon

In a small bowl mix together:

90g melted butter

half a cup of sour cream

quarter cup of milk

2 large eggs

Mix the wet ingredients into the dry ones  
Then add one cup of apple pulp - any extra stick on a pork chop for your lunch tomorrow! 

Divide into 12 muffin cases

Bake Gas 5/6

20-25 mins

leave in the tin for a couple of minutes before removing to

Cool on a wire rack

store in an airtight container  

Apple Cinnamon Crunch Muffins

The apples need to be turned into apple sauce first - so plan ahead when baking these ones, they take a little longer because of it.

You will need to peel and dice up about 3 cooking apples in order to get a cup full of cooked apples.
Once peeled and chopped into small cubes (the size you'd like the chunks in the finished muffins) put the apples into a small pan with a small amount of water (about 2 tablespoons should do it, enough to stop them sticking to the pan) and lots of sugar. Cook until they get a bit mushy and look like apple sauce!
Make the muffin mix as normal -
mix together 375g self raising flour
with 220g castor sugar
and a teaspoon of cinammon

In a small bowl
melt 90g butter
add three quarters cup sour cream
2 large free range eggs

Add the wet ingredients to the dry and mix together
Divide into 12 muffin cases and sprinkle demerara sugar on top (for the crunch) and more cinnamon (if you like it that much)

Bake on gas 5/6 for 20-25 mins
leave for a few minutes to set before placing onto a wire rack to cool