October 24, 2004
Oversupply Creativity
H
i fans, Martha Wannabe's back! Yippee! Hip Hip Hooray!
A brief update... So, with my new work arrangements, I've been going to work early. So much so that I've been unable to make smoothies for hubby & I for breakie. I'd bought 2 bunches of bananas and had clean forgotten about them which led to bananas falling all over my wash area (I hang them up to reduce bruising). Being the super homebody person that I am, I thought to freeze the bananas and use them some other time. Brilliant! :)
Today's the first Saturday that I'm totally free, free as a bird in a long while. What's more, hubby's out of my hair the whole morning on his bike training (he's actively training for triathlon meets). What better way than to bake a cake as a therapeutic salve for a stressed out week? Ahhh, it's so soothing to fold the flour slowly into the rich, creamy mixture of sugar and butter. A flick of the wrist here, a scoop there... Bliss!
A huge tupperware of frozen bananas 
and an inherent chocoholic nature naturally lead to an inescapable conclusion of a Banana Chocolate Chip Cake. All went well until I folded the mashed bananas into the mixture. I noticed that the batter looked lumpy (it's normally smooth as silk). I hoped that it was due to the ice particles in the bananas as I had not defrosted them completely. 
With my fingers crossed I popped it into the oven and hoped for the best. Mmmm, the delicious aromas that wafted across the house assured me that all was well! Now all it had to do was pass the taste test. With trepidation bordering on the ridiculous, I popped a small piece of cake into my mouth. Ahh, the taste of sweet success! The crispy crunchy crust was tempered perfectly with the soft fluffy moist cake interior. And if you were so lucky as to bite into a chocolate chip, a sweet googey mess would explode in your mouth. Heaven!
Conclusion:
1. Bananas freeze really well
2. Chocolate and bananas are a match in heaven
Welcome back, Martha W!
Posted by Martha Wannabe at October 24, 2004 12:14 PMI hope that's the cake you brought over last night. If it's not... How come I never got to try it?!!?
(If it is, thanks!! :D )
Heh.
Yes it is, although I have to say that the cake tastes superior when eaten straight out of the oven. Now it's more like a normal banana cake without the crunchy top.
Posted by: June at October 25, 2004 11:50 AMAiyah. If I'd known, I'd have gone over to fix your computer on Saturday instead of Friday night...sob!
Posted by: Nat at October 25, 2004 02:47 PM