Delicious Recipe Using Banana And Chocolate Frosting

January 28th, 2012

A banana cake recipe is a well-known dessert all around the globe. Inspired by this classical dessert originated the banana split cake recipe with banana and chocolate frosting that isn’t only simple to prepare, but also an absolutely delectable sweet for dinner parties.

What you’ll need for the banana frosting:

- Five hundred grams of unsalted butter

- Five large egg whites

- One and a half cups of sugar

- Half a cup of mashed ripe bananas

- Half (1/2) teaspoon of salt

- One and a half tablespoons of vanilla extract

- Five (5) to eight (8) drops of food coloring

For the chocolate frosting:

- One cup of semi-sweet chocolate chips

- Half a cup of caramel sauce

- 2 tbsp. of butter

- One and a quarter cups of confectioner’s sugar

- 1 tsp of vanilla extract

For the banana cake:

- Seventy grams of butter

- 1 1/2 cups of sugar

- 1/2 cup of confectioner’s sugar

- 4 large eggs

- Two and a half (2 1/2) cups of cake flour

- One (1) tsp of bicarbonate of soda

- 3/4 tsp of baking powder

- One (1) cup of mashed ripe bananas

- Half (1/2) cup of sour cream

- Two teaspoons of vanilla extract

Preparing the cake:

- Let the butter soften at room temperature.

- Pre-heat the oven to 180C and grease a 9-inch cake pan.

- Place the butter and sugar in a mixing bowl and, using a hand mixer, beat them together ’til light and fluffy.

- Add in the eggs, one by one, and blend well to get a fluid mix.

- In a separate bowl, mix the dry ingredients.

- Add them to the egg-butter mix, one spoonful at a time, and keep on beating at a low speed. There should not be any lumps in the mix.

- Then add the mashed bananas and sour cream together with the vanilla extract and beat the mixture well.

- Pour the batter in the greased cake tin.

- Bake in the pre-heated oven for 35-40 minutes.

While the cake is baking you can prepare the banana and chocolate frosting.

Preparing the banana frosting:

- Blend the egg whites and sugar together and whisk them over a double boiler.

- Remove from the heat and mix some more ’til the mix cools and doubles in volume.

- To this, add the butter and whisk ’til you get a smooth batter.

- Now add the bananas and vanilla extract and whisk some more.

- Add the food coloring (three (3) drops at a time) to get a perfect ‘banana’ coloring.

Preparing the chocolate frosting:

- Combine the chocolate chips, caramel sauce, butter and sugar in a mixing bowl.

- Cook on low heat until the chocolate chips are fully melted.

- Beat the ingredients to ensure they are mixed well.

To prepare the cake:

- Let the cake cool completely before frosting (you might want to put it in the fridge for a half (1/2) hour to prevent it from crumbling).

- Cut the cake in three (3) layers.

- Place the bottom layer on a cake stand and spread a generous amount of banana frosting over the top.

- Place the middle layer on top of the frosting and spread the chocolate frosting on top. Allow it to flow down the sides.

- Place the upper-most layer on top of the chocolate frosting and press down lightly.

- Spread the remainder of the banana frosting on the top of the cake and cover all of the sides.

- Cool in the refrigerator for approximately two (2) hours to let the frosting set before serving.

- Cut in slices then drizzle chocolate sauce over the top to serve.

About the Author:

Yves Casson has a rich background in pastry and baking.

His flair for conventional cake recipes can be found at Cake Recipe Secrets.

Yves latest fantastic recipe is this Banana Cake Recipe.


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January 27th, 2012

A wine cooler, not to be confused with the inexpensive alcoholic libation, is a sort of fridge that's specifically built with the aim of maintaining the proper temperature of your wine. Not only can you store an enormous quantity of wine in your wine cooler, but it will also keep it chilled so your wine is ready whenever you are ready to drink it. It will be much more tasty if stored at the right temperature vs just in your daily fridge or at 70 degrees.

Wine coolers come in all kinds of sizes and styles. There are smaller versions that are built in order to chill wine quickly , and there are rather massive ones that will allow you to store dozens of bottles of wine at their acceptable temperature. Some wine coolers will even permit you to store two varying styles of wine totally different temperatures while still remaining in the same cooler.

If you are searching for a cooler that is intended for getting a bottle of wine to the right chilled temperature as fast as possible you will want to go with a smaller capacity kind of wine cooler. These are extremely useful particularly when you do a large amount of entertaining. The cooler will allow you to place a bottle of warm wine into the tiny capacity cooler and it will quickly chill it to the proper temperature. This gets shot of having to worry about the glass breaking in the freezer, putting uninviting pieces of ice in your guests ‘ glasses or serving warm wine. The smaller capacity wine cooler is perfect for folks who generally have the need to chill wine fast or you only tend to store 2 bottles at a time. There is not any need to take a position in a larger cooler if you do not purchase wine by the case.

If you are someone that purchases wine by the case than you will need to purchase a large capacity cooler. The average large wine cooler stores around 24-36 bottles of wine, but there also are smaller and bigger versions available also. The larger versions range in size and are quite often available with a double temperature setting. This indicates that the cooler has a tendency to be divided into 2, frequently down the center, and there will be a fresh thermostat for each side. The double wall separating them will prevent the temperatures from having an effect on one another, but will permit you to store different types of wine at the correct temperatures while remaining in the same wine cooler.

Wine coolers are an extremely useful way of storing your favourite type of wine at the correct temperature. Many of us do not notice that storing your wine at unacceptable temperature can actually affect the taste. Wine can persist for a fair deal of time when it is stored correctly, but when it is held in a place like your everyday fridge where the temperature changes frequently it can be extremely difficult to hold the maximum flavour in your wine.

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