Friday, March 25, 2011

Chocolate Banana Cake and a Doily

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I baked this cake yesterday. Not me actually, my son did it. He loves to help me in baking. Whenever I make something he will come and sit near me and try to mess up things (in his language-help). This time he said he is going to do the entire baking. So I let him do it. I gave him all the ingredients and told him how to measure. So he measured everything, mixed everything and finally, of course, licked the bowl clean. I just poured it into the pan and put it in the oven.


I have made plain banana cakes a few times before but for the first time I tried a chocolate version. The recipe is from http://www.thejoyofbaking.com/. You can find the link for this cake here.  Actually I didn't have enough cocoa powder. I had only half of the required amount, so I substituted the rest with Bournvita.



Ok, I do agree it looks like a piece of burnt brick (that's what my husband said looking at this photo), but believe me, it tasted sooo yum. Otherwise I wouldn't have dared to blog it here. It is a very moist cake and I am definitely going to make it again.



The doily that you see here is an unfinished one and it is not going to be completed ever because I don't have that color thread anymore. I bought it when I was new to Delhi. We have these weekly markets where stalls are put up once in a week for a few hours and I found these colored threads in one such markets but I don't see them anymore. Anyway I think there are only two or three more rounds to go and I don't think it looks very obviously incomplete.






10 comments:

  1. Lovely doily ... very bright! Looks like a fuschia flower!

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  2. the doily looks very much complete and pretty! Love the way u photograph it.. and congrats to ur kiddo, how old is he?

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  3. Love your photos here and the doliy is so pretty - GREAT COLOR ! and I'll take a piece of that cake... looks so YUMMY !

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  4. Hi! I just found your blog and it's great! Your work is lovely and you share so many lovely projects! I'm following you now :)

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  5. Thanks a lot for your sweet comments. My kid is almost 7 years now.

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  6. Both the doily and the cake looking great.... Congrats to your son for the cake and to you for the doily...

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  7. yummy...I luv choc cakes..

    lil ones luv helping which we call messing up..its so nice that u encourage ur lil one..usually most of us don't have such patience :D .

    Thanks a lot for ur comments..

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  8. wow!! both look soo yummy!!!:)...mouth watering slice indeed!!! luv that doily and its colour!!

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  9. Love the doily . Don't know about the cake...if I get a piece maybe I could tell you :)

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