This week we have been super busy crafting, cooking and having fun over the school holidays. Thanks to Flora for sending us a love parcel full of goodies. My son has been enjoying making a cake or 2. First up we made some Banana cup cakes from an Flora activity guides we received.
These banana cupcakes tasted so yummy and was really easy to make.
Ingredients:
- 115 g (4 oz) Flora Buttery
- 115 g (4 oz) caster sugar
- 2 eggs , Medium
- 115 g (4 oz) self-raising flour
- 1 ripe banana , mashed
- 55 g (2 oz) Flora Buttery
- 225 g icing sugar sieved
- 1/2 tsp vanilla essence
- Banana chips or popping candy to decorate
- Preheat oven to 180°C, 160°C fan, Gas mark 4.
- Weigh your eggs. Note the weight and measure the same amount of Flora, sugar and flour.
- Place all the ingredients in a mixing bowl and beat with a wooden spoon 2–3 minutes until well mixed.
- Place dessertspoons of the mixture in 10 paper cases or greased bun tins.
- Bake for around 20 minutes until soft and springy to touch. Cool on a wire tray.
- Mix icing ingredients together and then spread or pipe over the cakes.
- Decorate with banana chips or popping candy.
