How to Make a Delicious Banana Split Cake Without Eggs

Many people don't like the idea of eating raw eggs even when they are concealed in a recipe. If you are one of those people, as I am, here is a great recipe for a delightful Spring (or anytime) Dessert. This Banana Split Cake is made without using eggs. It is a beautiful dessert anytime of the year. However, it is an especially great dessert for Springtime and for your Easter table or buffet. For an Easter dessert, you could color some coconut green by using a dab of green food coloring. Sprinkle over the top of the cake or gather in the center and top with some jelly beans or miniature malted milk ball eggs to really impress the children in your family.

NO EGG BANANA SPLIT CAKE

2 cups graham cracker crumbs
1/2 cup melted butter
1/2 cup chocolate syrup
2 cups powdered sugar
1/2 cup butter (not melted)
3 bananas
1 pint strawberries
1 cup crushed pineapple, drained & reserved
1 carton (9-oz) frozen whipped topping, thawed
1/2 cup chopped pecans
marashino cherries for garnish

In a small mixing bowl, mix together the graham cracker crumbs and the melted butter until well mixed. Spread the mixture onto the bottom of a 9 x 2 x 13-inch pan or casserole dish. Drizzle the chocolate syrup over the crust. Combine the powdered sugar and the (not melted) butter together and beat until fluffy. Pour this sugar mixture over the chocolate syrup. Slice the bananas into the reserved pineapple juice, drain and add along with the strawberries over the sugar mixture. Top evenly with the pineapple. Spread the whipped topping over all. Sprinkle the chopped pecans over the whipped topping and add cherries, as desired, for garnish.

Enjoy!

Victoria Sandwich Cake, Madeleine, Banana Cake, and Dropped Scones Recipes

Victoria Sandwich Cake Recipe

Ingredients:-
4 oz. flour
½ teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon vanilla
½ tablespoon raspberry jam
4 oz. margarine or butter
4 oz. castor sugar
2 large eggs or 3 small eggs

Methods:-
1. Line and grease two 7" sandwich tins.
2. Cream the fat and sugar till light and fluffy.
3. Beat up the eggs one at a time and add it gradually to the creamed mixture, beating it well in.
4. Beat in the vanilla.
5. Fold in the flour sieved with baking powder.
6. Turn the mixture into the prepared tins and spread it out evenly hollowing it slightly in the center.
7. Bake it in a moderately hot oven, at 375°F for about 25 minutes.
8. Turn the cakes out to cool on a wire tray.
9. When cooled, spread raspberry jam on each and sandwich them together.
10. Sprinkle the top with castor sugar and serve it on a doily.

Madeleine Recipe

Ingredients:-
3 oz. flour
¼ teaspoon baking powder
½ teaspoon vanilla
2 to 3 tablespoons desiccated coconut
2 oz. margarine or butter
2 oz. castor sugar
1 big egg
1 tablespoon raspberry jam
4 glace cherries

Methods:-
1. Grease 7 dariole moulds
2. Cream the fat and sugar and add the beaten eggs gradually to it.
3. Beat in the vanilla and fold in the flour which has been sieved with the baking powder.
4. Put equal amounts of the mixture into the greased mould and bake them in a hot oven at 400°F for about 20 to 25 minutes.
5. Turn them out to cool.
6. Warm the jam by standing it in hot water to melt it.
7. Brush the cakes with melted jam and roll them in desiccated coconut.
8. Stand each cake in a paper cup and decorate each with ½ a cherry on top.

Banana Cake Recipe
Ingredients:-
4 oz. flour
½ teaspoon baking powder
½ teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
1 tablespoon milk
1 teaspoon lime juice
3 oz. margarine or butter
3 oz. castor sugar
1 big egg
3 to 4 ripe bananas

Methods:-
1. Line a 6" round cake tin or grease and flour an 8" ring mould.
2. Cream the fat and sugar and add the beaten egg gradually and beat well.
3. Mash the bananas with a fork to get ½ cup mashed bananas.
4. Add the lime juice to the milk. Then add the milk and mashed bananas to the creamed mixture and mix well.
5. Fold in the flour which has been sieved with the baking powder and bicarbonate of soda.
6. Turn the mixture into the prepared tin and bake it in a moderately hot oven at 375°F for about 1 hour.
7. Coll the cake on a wire tray and serve it on doily.

Dropped Scones Recipe

Ingredients:-
4 oz. flour
½ teaspoon cream of tartar
¼ teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
1 egg
1 oz. margarine
1 oz. castor sugar
¼ pint milk (sour if possible)

Methods:-
1. Sieve the flour, cream of tartar and bicarbonate of soda together into a bowl.
2. Rub in the margarine and add the sugar. Mix well.
3. Make a well in the flour and add in the egg and the sour milk.
4. Mix quickly into a thick batter. Do not beat the batter.
5. Heat up a greased frying pan or the grill plate of an electric oven.
6. Drop a tablespoon of the mixture at a time on the hot pan and let it cook till bubbles rise and burst.
7. Turn over to cook and brown the other side.
8. When cooked, put the dropped scones between a clean folded towel to keep them moist and warm.
9. Serve hot dropped scones with butter and jam served immediately.

Note:- A batter for dropped scones should be slightly lumpy and not smooth. After greasing the pan the first time, it is not necessary to grease it again. An over greased pan will not give the dropped scones a smooth and evenly browned surface.

Banana Nut Bread - Tamra Davis Cooking Show

While on vacation in Kauai we visit a friends farm, eat coconuts and then I make yummy banana nut bread



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Byy0boux1dI&hl=en

Australian Recipes and Cuisine

Australia has many historic links with the United Kingdom, including, not least, the fact the first European settlers in the country were from the United Kingdom, and that the country was a British colony and later a Dominion within the British Empire. As you might expect given this history, many Australian dishes have been inspired by traditional British cooking, and meals based around pies, and roasted or grill meat, remain popular to this day.

Since World War II, Australia has also seen increased immigration with Mediterranean countries and Southeast Asia, and this has greatly enriched the variety of Austrlian cuisine. New recipes, unique to Australia have also been developed, sometimes based on unique Australian plants, and also inspired by "bush tucker" (foraged food, often inspired by traditional aboriginal recipes).

Some uniquely Australian foods include:

- Pie floater - A British style meat pie. However, the pie is covered with tomato sauce, turned upside down and served in a thick green pea soup.

- Damper - A traditional recipe for travellers in the outback, damper is Wheat-based soda bread that can easily be prepared at the roadside.

- Chiko roll - A spicy Australian version of Chinese spring rolls. Chiko rolls contain mutton, cabbage, carrot, celery and sometimes barley, and are deep-fried.

- Vegemite - A paste made from yeast extract. Vegemite is eaten as a spread on toast or sandwiches.

Australia also has its own unique desserts (although New Zealand would also claim to be the originator of some of these).

- Pavlova (also claimed by New Zealand) - A meringue with a crispy exterior, but light and fluffy on the inside.

- ANZAC biscuit (also claimed by New Zealand) - Biscuits made from rolled oats, coconut and syrup. According to legend, they were first prepared for the ANZAC troops sent to fight in the Gallipoli campaign in World War I, the recipe be specifically designed so as to produce a biscuit that would preserve well.

- Lamingtons - Cubes of sponge cake, covered with chocolate icing and dessicated coconut. The cubes may be sliced in half, and a layer of cream or strawberry jam spread between the halves.