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banana chocolate chiffon cake

Ingredients [A]
> 4 egg yolks
> 50g corn oil
> 25g milk
> 80g bananas (mashed)
> 80g Cake Flour (sieved)

Ingredients [B] 
> 4 egg whites
> 70g castor sugar

Ingredient [C] 
1 tbsp cocoa powder and 1 tbsp hot water, mixed, to be used later.

Method
[1]  Sieve cake flour and set aside.
[2]  Mix Ingredients [A] - beat egg yolk and corn oil, pour in milk, mix in mashed banana.
[3]  Lastly add in cake flour and mix with a mixer.
[4]  Beat Ingredients [B] till stiff.[5]  Remove one third of the white batter to mix into the yolk batter, fold.
[6]  Mix in the rest of the white batter and fold.
[7]  Take half of the mixed batter and add in cocoa mix.
[8]  Pour banana batter in an 18" chiffon mould.  Tap pan lightly to get rid of trapped air bubbles.
[9]  Add in cocoa batter, with a chopstick or knife, move around the batter in circles. 
[10]  After preheating oven, bake at 170°C for approximately 30-35 minutes.
[11]  Invert the pan immediately and let it cool completely before serving.

banana oatmeal raisin muffins

After making Banana Oatmeal Almond Cookies, a friend suggested that I try Banana Oatmeal Raisin Muffins.  She said that it is very yummy and asked me to look up the internet.  I followed this recipe, I found in Rasa Malaysia website.
Ingredients
> 1/2 cup (80g) raisins 
> 1 tbsp water
Bowl A
> 1 1/2 cup all purpose flour 
> 1 tsp baking powder 
> 1/4 tsp baking soda 
> 1/4 tsp salt 
> 1/2 cup brown sugar
Bowl B
> 1/2 cup quick oats + extra for topping 
> 1/2 cup + 2 tbsp milk 
Bowl C
> 1 large egg
> 1/2 cup vegetable oil
> 2 over ripe bananas, mashed
Method
[1]  Soak raisins with 1 tbsp of water and chill for 2-3 hours.
[2]  When raisins are ready, remove from refrigerator, squeeze dry and pat with paper towel.
[3]  Preheat oven to 190 180°C.  Line a 12 muffins/cupcakes baking pan.
[4]  Bowl A:
Sieve flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt into a bowl. 
Add in brown sugar, whisk to mix the dry ingredients together and set aside.
[5]  Bowl B:  Combine quick oats and milk together.  Set aside.
[6]  Bowl C:
Beat egg.  Add in vegetable oil and beat to incorporate.
Add in mashed banana and mix well.
[7]  Make a well in the center of Bowl A and pour in Bowl C.
[8]  Use a spatula to fold the flour into the center until all combined with no traces of flour.
[9]  Next, fold in Bowl B.  Add raisins and fold a few more times.  Do not over mix.
[10]  Spoon batter into muffin tray until 75%-80% full.  Sprinkle some oats on top.
[11]  Bake at 190 180°C for 10 minutes.
[12]  Then reduce temperature to 180 170°C for another 8-10 minutes or until a cake tester inserted into the center come out clean.
[13]  Transfer muffins to wire rack to cool completely before storing the muffins in air tight containers.

banana oatmeal almond cookies

There were 2 combs of ripe bananas in the house.  I had been making quite a number of times of steamed banana cakes and wanted to make something different with these bananas.  I browsed through Allrecipes.com and found this Banana Cookies, which is quite easy to make.

Ingredients
> 1/3 cup shortening
> 1 cup white sugar
> 2 eggs
> 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
> 1/4 tsp lemon extract
> 3 ripe bananas, mashed
> 1/2 cup ground walnuts almonds 
> 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour 
>  2  1 tsp baking powder
> 1/2 tsp salt 
> 1 cup oats

Method
[1]  Preheat oven to 175 170°C.  Lightly grease or line baking sheets with parchment paper. 
[2]  In a large bowl, cream shortening and sugar.
[3]  Beat in the eggs, vanilla and lemon extract.
[4]  Beat in bananas and the nuts.
[5]  Gradually add in flour, baking powder and salt.
[6]  Drop the dough by spoonfuls onto the prepared baking sheets.
[7]  Bake at 175 170°C for 12 to 15 minutes or until lightly coloured.
[8]  Transfer to wire racks to cool.

Recipe courtesy of allrecipes.com