The Tales of a Scrummy Mummy.

Dedicated to the millions of new tricks born when I became a mum.

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THE Rum and Raisin Banana Loaf

2/3 Mashed/Blended/Wizzed Bananas (the older and browner the better!) 175g Self-Raising Flour 2 Eggs (Beaten) 100g Dark Muscavado Sugar 50g Caster Sugar 2 Tspn. Ground Cinnamon 2 Eggs 1 Cup Raisins (or sultanas) Splash Maple Syrup Optional - Splash Dark Rum

Sieve flour, sugars and spices and mix. Add rest of ingredients and beat til well combined!

Bake at 180 (Fan) for 1 Hour!

Please note this is at its best when fresh out the oven - our last one lasted minutes

Some variations include….

Exchange sultanas, bananas, cinnamon and maple syrup for, blueberries, lemon and vanilla extract to make a lovely blueberry lemon loaf :)

Or add a 20g Cocoa powder (sieved) and chocolate chips instead of sultanas to make it chocolately

NOTE….

Banana Loaf twice wrapped in baking paper and kept in an air tight container can last for months! And also still be warm the next day.

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Chocolate Orange Cake!!

100g Butter (Half melted in microwave) 120g Sugar 4 Eggs 125g Self Raising Flour Zest and Juice of 3 Oranges 3 Heaped Tablespoons Cocoa Powder

Sieve all the powders together, then electric whisk the rest of ingredients!

Beautifully Simple :)

Bake 180 (Fan) for 35 minutes (or until you can poke a knife through the centre and come out dry)

Icing!

150g Plain Chocolate 50ml Orange Juice

Melt together in a bowl over a pan of boiling water. Pour over the top of cake and use a spoon to even out! You can decorate by adding a bit of left over orange zest to the top (as shown in my photo)

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PANCAKES

I remember when I was little and all the mums used to make pancakes for breakfast on the weekend - which was awesome! Once Lily was born though, I started to question how they had time or energy?!

It's only now she is at nursery that I realize I really treasure the moments on the weekend, and scrounging the energy to make pancakes on a Saturday morning is something appreciate so much more.

This post is to show how easy it is to make pancakes - so easy that you don't even need a recipe!! All you need is three ingredients: EGGS, FLOUR (sifted), MILK

If your only making a few, one egg, a tbsp. of flour and a dash on milk. If you're making more, then one more egg, a bit more flour and another dash of milk.

AMAZING

Then you can add loads of other things depending on what you love!

+ Mashed Banana?

+ Tsp. Cocoa Powder (sifted) - makes chocolate pancakes!

+ Chocolate Chips?

+ Blueberries?

+ Oats?

+ Butter?

These can ALL be added before you fry them up! And top them with whatever you like!

Last Saturday we made: Plain pancakes with nutella pasted on once side (while still warm), folded over to melt the nutella, then dusted with icing sugar. Needless to say before I had the chance to see whether Lily liked it, there was barely any left!

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I wanted to begin my blog with an extract from my 2 year olds drawings...

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