Valentines Day Cake

To make a Valentines Day cake, use your favourite cake recipe, buy an unfilled sponge or make our family favourite chocolate cake and decorate it with red icing and chocolates.

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To mash bananas

Even though the skins have gone black and don’t look very appetising, the banana flesh inside is often still quite tasty.  You can use this banana flesh in a variety of ways.

To mash a banana so you can use it in baking ( banana muffins, banana loaf or banana cake, put the peeled banana in a shallow bowl and squash it with a fork until it is mushy. 

It might not look very appertising but it is very tastyas it is or when cooked.

Mashed banana is one of the first solid foods recommended for babies as it is easily digested.

Mashed banana is also good for people recovering from stomach illnesses. 

You can mix in some powdered chocolate drink or cinnamon while you are mashing the banana to add a dash of extra flavour.

Icing for fruit or Christmas cake

If you’re making a fruit cake for a special occasion you may want to ice and decorate it the way you remember from your childhood.  This recipe gives you a simple way Read more

Very easy Christmas cake

If you’ve never made a Christmas cake before, you need to try this one.  Its very moist and has only four ingredients.   Read more

Ginger log cake

This deliciously decadent cake was a classic dinner party specialty in the 1970s.  Easy to make, no baking involved and looks divine. Read more

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