Thursday, May 31, 2012

Banana Molasses Cake



I am one of those people who loves molasses even more than chocolate, it's healthy, rich with that little edge of bitterness. In Lebanon, we grew up eating molasses mixed with tahini. We used to wait for that moment when my grandmother used to get a small bowl, pour the molasses then add some tablespoons of tahini. We used to love swirling the tahini paste with the molasses using a small piece of lebanese bread, dipping it into the yummy mixture and savoring each bite of it.

So today, I will share with you this healthy banana molasses that literally takes few minutes to prepare.

Ingredients:

1 1/2 cup (200 g) all purpose flour
2 eggs
1 cup molasses
1/2 cup oil
5 small bananas (4 mashed, one sliced)
1 tsp baking powder
a pinch of salt

Grease a loaf pan. Preheat the oven at 350ºF (180ºC).
Sift flour, baking powder and salt in a large bowl.

Make a well in the center, add the mashed bananas, the eggs, the molasses and the oil.
Stir until mixture is smooth. Add the sliced banana. Mix.

Pour into the pan and bake for about 40 to 45 mn.

Insert a toothpick in the center of the cake, if it comes clean, that means the cake is ready.
Let cool on a wire rack for about 10 mn.



Cake Bananes et mélasse

Ingrédients:

200 g de farine
2 oeufs
1 tasse de mélasse
1/2 tasse d'huile
5 bananes de petite taille  (4 écrasées, une coupé en rondelles)
1 càc de levure chimique
une pincée de sel

Beurrez un moule à cake. Préchaffez le four à 180ºC.
Tamisez la farine, la levure et le sel dans un grand saladier.


Faites un trou au centre, ajoutez les bananes écrasées, les oeufs, la mélasse et l'huile.
Mélangez jusqu'à ce que le mélange devienne homogène. Ajoutez la banane coupée en rondelles. Mélangez.

Versez la préparation dans le moule et enfournez 40 à 45 mn. Pour into the pan and bake for about 40 to 45 mn. Un cure-dent inséré dans le cake doit ressortir propre.

Laissez refroidir sur une grille.

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Tuesday, May 8, 2012

Chocolate Biscuit Cake topped with nuts



This chocolate recipe is dedicated to all of you out there looking for a last minute desert.This is a chocolate no-bake cake with broken up tea biscuits mixed in with the bittersweet chocolate, then topped with nuts... divine, don't you think?

Those who love the rich, no-bake chocolate cake, who love chocolate cakes made entirely out of ganache, will definitely love this cake.



Ingredients:
200 g (7 oz) tea biscuits (I used McVitie's brand)
85 g (6 tbsp) unsalted butter
400 g (14 oz) bittersweet chocolate
23 cl (1 cup) heavy cream
1/2 cup hazelnuts and almonds, chopped

Grease 8-inch round springform pan with melted butter then line it with parchment paper.

Break the biscuits so they become crumbs but not powder.

In a small saucepan, melt the butter and the cream on low heat. When the butter is melted, add the chocolate pieces and let it melt on low heat.

Add the crumbled biscuits and stir until coated then pour the preparation into the prepared pan.

Top with the chopped nuts and place in the fridge for at least 3 hours. Cut into slices and serve.


Biscuits au chocolat

Ingrédients:
250 g de biscuits (Type McVitie's)
85 g de beurre
400 g de chocolat noir à dessert
20 cl de crème fraîche
1/2 tasse d'amandes et de noix

Chemisez un moule à charnière de papier sulfurisé. Réduisez les biscuits en morceaux mais pas en poudre.


Versez le beurre et la crème dans une petite casserole. Faites-les doucement chauffer. Quand le beurre est fondu, ajoutez le chocolat coupé en carrés et laissez fondre tout en remuant, sur feu très doux.

Ajoutez les biscuits au mélange, mélangez et versez dans le moule.

Décorez d'amandes et de noix puis placez au froid au moins 3 heures avant de servir en tranches.
 
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