Welcome sweet friends to Natasha in Oz! Thank you so much for popping by to say G'Day!
This week I have been so busy! I have done a couple of days of substitute teaching and I have been having fun with my new blogging project,
So wasn't I lucky when my 13 year old daughter offered to do some baking! Maddy is studying Food Technology at school and she loves cooking (I used to call it Home Economics but today the cooking component is known as Food Tech and the sewing component is called "textiles"!)
Anyway, this week she whipped up a batch of banana muffins and a banana cake! She asked if she could feature the recipe and pictures on my blog so naturally I said....
"YES PLEASE!" Let's post it for....
So here is Maddy's adaption of a recipe for Banana and coconut loaf that came from Best Recipes
You will need:
1 ½ cups self-raising flour
1 cup desiccated coconut
1 cup sugar
1 cup mashed banana
1 cup coconut milk
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla essence.
First Maddy sifted the flour and mixed the dry ingredients together in a bowl. We also added some LSA mix, which is ground linseed, sunflower and almond and it is a great source of essential fatty acids and fibre. We add it to so many things like oats, smoothies, yoghurt, muffins, cakes, cookies...anything that takes our fancy really! 1 cup desiccated coconut
1 cup sugar
1 cup mashed banana
1 cup coconut milk
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla essence.
Then she mashed up 3 very ripe bananas.
We just had to show you Maddy's new apron for this week's Show and Tell Friday over at Cindy's Romantic Home!
In another bowl Maddy mixed all the wet ingredients together. She then poured the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients and mixed everything together until just combined.
She poured the batter into a cake tin and into a muffin tray and we baked everything in an oven set at about 160/325. Our muffins were cooked after about 15 minutes and the cake took about 45 minutes.
Here are the finished muffins! They were absolutely divine! I think it was the coconut milk that made the difference...what a taste sensation!
Aren't I lucky to have such a wonderful helper! Thank you Maddy for baking these delicious lunch-box treats!
Thank you also Michael Lee for having us for Foodie Friday and Cindy for having us for Show and Tell Friday.
Thank you dear friends for visiting me in my little corner of the world Down Under!
Thank you dear friends for visiting me in my little corner of the world Down Under!
Best wishes,
Natasha In Oz
Those muffins look delicious, too bad I am not a banana fan...hubby would love them, though! I am so happy your Miss M likes to cook/bake, so many kids that age have no interest...you must be doing something right, Natasha!
ReplyDeleteYUM !!! I now have my project for the weekend ~ baking muffins. I know my 8 year son will love them...I like the idea of the coconut milk...delicious I don't think they will make it to the lunch box on Monday
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Cate
I love it when kids cook. I started my daughter cooking when she was very young, and now at 25...she's a great little cook. Most of her friends can only do Ramen noodles.
ReplyDeleteMmmm...now I'm hungry! Thanks for sharing. (Love the apron - Williamsonoma is my happy place!)
ReplyDeleteWOW! Muffin looks so good to eat and I can't wait to make those. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteyum yum i member making banana muffins in home ech! love the pics darl!
ReplyDeleteNatasha, how lucky you are to have a daughter who can bake! They look yummy too.
ReplyDeleteDelicious I have to say... !
ReplyDeleteMiss M what a wonderful job you did! These muffins are beautiful and I just love the muffin cups with the spiffy little banannas on them! Keep on cooking, and I hope you are a guest cook again.
ReplyDeleteWhat a great success!
Yvonne
This sounds like a wonderful recipe and I think Miss M is a wonderful baker. If she is this interested in cooking now, she will be a chef by the time she graduates!! Oh, I love that apron!! Don't you love the store and catalog?
ReplyDeleteHave a great weekend, Natasha!
xoxo
Jane
The muffins look fantastic. I like that apron too!
ReplyDeleteYummy! I love sharing baking with my daughter too, I feel so much joy when we create together!
ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing!
The only thing better than a teenager who can cook, is a teenager who can cook and clean! They look delicious, I am going to have to run out and get some coconut milk and try them!
ReplyDeleteKate
One of my favorite foods in the world is muffins! I was intrigued when coconut milk was in the recipe - I will be trying this version. (It looks like you have a nice bright house, too.)
ReplyDeleteI love to make muffins for quick breakfasts on the go. The coconut/banana combo sounds like a real winner. YUM!
ReplyDeleteThis post is so nice! Love to see her cooking with the laptop on the counter, and wish I was there to taste the results; great sounding recipe. She is treasure.
ReplyDeleteRita
What an adorable chef! The coconut milk must take these muffins to a new level of deliciousness--I will definitely make these. My husband loves bananas in any form. Your muffin liners are darling, too.
ReplyDeleteXX00
Yum to the nth degree!! these muffins have all my favorite ingredients, I will definitely make them, and pass them along (with credit to your brilliant daughter!) to my daughter who is a caterer in San Francisco...I know she will love these!
ReplyDeleteAnd yes Natasha I think Pottery Barn will ship to you!! I actually bought the fabric on eBay and had a local upholsterer make up the tablecloth (way too big for me to make myself at the time)...it's a p. kaufmann fabric and I see it from time to time...my friend was visiting from Paris, went gaga for the fabric so I gave her the rest of the bolt....waiting to see what she made with it...
have a grand weekend, and thanks for all the blogging company we keep!
xx
Kit
mmmm they do look nice and healthy, i used to do all the cooking at home too, hah cute muffin holders too with the banana!!!! good eating today!
ReplyDeleteWhat yummy looking muffins..and she has captured it here for all of us to drool over..how nice! looking like a pro in that apron!
ReplyDeleteOoh I do love to see our kids cook! I still think I like the Home Ec name though - now that I'm a grown up (somewhere down in there) I reckon it's economical to know how to do all this in the home. Thanks for the LSA mix - we use a lot of wheatgerm and brewer's yeast too!! Happy munching
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Natasha darling, I popped in to personally thank you for the sweet birthday wishes you left for Christopher. We are both ever so grateful for you kindness. Have a lovely weekend my friend.
ReplyDeleteLove & Hugs
Duchess
Bonjour Natasha,
ReplyDeleteHow lucky you have Miss M helping in the kitchen, the recipe looks great. Adding the coconut milk sound so good.
Sounds like you've had a busy week and will head over now to see your new blog!
Thanks you fo coming by about the McDo macs - I know something about the mix of macarons and french fries dosen't sit well!
Bon weekend my friend.
Coconut milk in banana muffins sounds delish! I guess now you have some competitions in the kitchen LOL BTW I love your home. I love your stainless steel appliances, your granite counter top, your dishes, your lovebirds, your clock, your lamp. etc.. You have good taste!
ReplyDeleteBest regards,
Anne-Marie
Yummm! I have some ripe bananas that I need to do something with. Maybe I'll try your recipe! :) Perfect timing.
ReplyDelete~Liz
Natasha, I love the apron and your muffins look really delicious. I stopped by to say hello and stayed longer than I planned. You have a wonderful blog. I'll be back often. Have a great day...Mary
ReplyDeleteHi Natasha!
ReplyDeleteThose muffins look great and I love that apron! I'm looking forward to following your blog:)
Janice
yum! that looks like a pino colada cake!
ReplyDeletethanks for sharing.
blessings,
lea
Can I have one? I love banana-everything! The apron suits your young Pastry Chef perfectly well!
ReplyDeleteMmmm...thank you for the recipe!
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Julie M.