Banana and Royal Nut Fairy Cakes

Name: How to cook Banana and Royal Nut Fairy Cakes - cookcic.com
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 18 servings
Cuisine: Us

Introduce

Chef :

Laura

Banana and Royal Nut Fairy Cakes

Buttermilk adds a lushness to bakes and is easily replaced by adding a little lemon juice to whole milk and setting it aside to do its thing. This added acidity interacts with the bicarb of soda and helps the batter to rise creating a light and fluffy cake.

Ingredient

Food ration :

18 servings

Cooking time :

20 minutes

125 ml

whole milk

1 tsp

lemon juice

250 g

self-raising flour

1 tsp

baking powder

1/2 tsp

bicarbonate of soda

110 g

caster sugar

1/4 tsp

cinnamon (optional)

75 g

butter, melted

1 tsp

vanilla extract

medium eggs

large ripe bananas, mashed

25 g

pecans

25 g

walnuts

pecan halves

walnut halves

1 tsp

honey

1 tsp

Demerara sugar

Cooking instructions

* Step 1

Buttermilk: Place a teaspoon of lemon juice into the whole milk and set aside for at least half an hour to curdle. Heat the oven to 170 degrees C fan. Line fairy cake/muffin tins with paper cases. Batter will make 18 fairy cakes.

* Step 2

Take 2 large bowls. In the first add sifted flour, baking powder, bicarb of soda, caster sugar and cinnamon with a big pinch of salt. In the second add the melted butter, vanilla extract, eggs, mashed bananas and the milk.

* Step 3

Pour the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients and carefully fold until combined. Scatter in the chopped nuts and lightly fold to combine. Place a spoon of the batter into each fairy cake case. Top with the nut halves and a sprinkling of Demerara sugar then bake for 20 minutes until golden brown. Remove from the oven and brush the melted honey on top.