A WHILE ago, I was invited as part of this year's Bake Brave challenge. What a super cool initiative, campaign, design, website - all of it very rad. I was at a coffee shop with my mum when two Stork Bake Brave Secret Agents delivered a box filled with ingredients and other goodies to me. It had a lock and I had to tweet them for the code and there were photos and it was all very fun. I was tasked to bake the Turkish Delight Cake but man alive these past two weeks have been something crazy and we went away on a spontaneous trip that weekend. With all the fun we're having, and ALL the side projects - it's just too much for one little mama rabbit to get through. I love baking and I have a collection of great books sent by friends and authors. My friends call me Martha Stewart because I love my kitchen and cooking from scratch and there are so many eager little mouths to feed in the Raising Men home. I love spoiling my boys. HAVE YOU SEEN THEIR FACES?
The boys have 'Baker Day' at school. Every other Friday, one of the kids needs to take baked goods to school and all the other kids pay with a R5 and they have an apron and hat and it's all very adorable. My Baker Day with Benjamin's class is this Friday, which means I'll get to make something sweet on Thursday night, and maybe we can decorate it on Friday morning. I've gone through the World Baking Day website for inspiration and you'll love it. You can pick a recipe according to your baking skills / level. The interface is very cool and user-friendly and so so purdy.
I bake quite often, but for the school's Baker Day on Friday, I've chosen the Banana Muffins, because my boys just love banana. I'm going to make my own peanut butter frosting to go with it, and I got some really cool cupcake holders from the team at In Good Company the other day. Maike from We Love Pictures / Love made me do it has finally opened the Cape Town branch in Claremont - read more about it here on Emma's blog. I've been using In Good Company for all my party and decor things for about... three years now? They have the best baking accessories and decor, and their Cape Town store launch party is super soon - can't wait!
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| Picture of Maike and In Good Company by Emma Jane x |
So I'll be making these Banana Muffins for the boys and their little friends at little school. Here is the recipe, that's also available on the World Baking Day site - such a clever little resource for busy moms. I like simple recipes so that I can add my own variations - nuts, raisins, chocolate chips, peanut butter etc. This is a very very easy and quick recipe to make, perfect for parents and simple enough for kids to follow and enjoy too. Now that we've spoken about Baker's Day, please can someone help me with a raffle sheet for a fundraiser? I'm supposed to submit it on Monday with sold tickets and right now I don't even know where it is. Hopefully the delicious muffin tactic will distract them. I WILL NEVER MAKE THE PTA. Ever.
4 ripe bananas // 1 cup of brown sugar // 2 large eggs // 125g of melted margarine // 5ml of vanilla essence or 1/2 a vanilla bean // 1 cup of flour // 1/2 cup of oats // 1/2 cup of desiccated coconut // 5ml bicarbonate of soda // 5ml baking powder // 5ml of cinnamon
Preheat oven to 180°C and line a muffin pan with muffin liners.
1. Mash the bananas and the sugar together. Put it in a medium bowl and add the eggs, melted margarine and vanilla.
2. In a large bowl, sift the flour, bicarbonate of soda, baking powder and cinnamon together. Add coconut and oats.
3. Add the first banana mixture to the dry ingredients and mix completely.
4. Spoon mixture into muffin pans & bake for between 15 and 18 minutes until golden brown. Add chopped pecans or walnuts if you like!
Recipe by Grace Stevens -Cake Decorator, teacher and author ----> Clever girl! Have fun friends and always Bake Brave x
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