Back to blogging!...Banana Walnut Muffin (Egg less)

Almost a year break from blogging...Time flies really fast indeed....A rollercoaster ride like pregnancy & childbirth is the reason for the hiatus from my blogging.....'Aal Iz Well' now...I'm now blessed with the most precious gift ever- my cute little 9 month old baby boy. Cooking has been a big challenge these days given the very little time I have in hand right now. Nevertheless, the alarm in the tummy clock never fails to buzz, so I have been managing to cook against all odds.
So I realized that if I put in a little extra effort to take pictures of what I cook & post the recipes, may be I can keep my blog going. So I start out with something which is not my usual forte in cooking i.e.baking. I had some bananas which were really ripe and so decided to bake eggless Banana Walnut Muffin.I was inspired by Saffron huts wonderful recipe for this and made a small change to the kind of flour used.The highlights to this muffin is I have used 50% whole wheat flour and 50% AP flour. Well, no one could tell the difference 'coz it tasted really delicious.. Try it out and u would know.....

Ingredients:
All Purpose(AP) flour- 3/4 cup
Whole wheat flour(I used Pillsbury atta)- 3/4 cup
Butter- 1/3 cup(unsalted)
Sugar-3/4 cup
bananas- 4 ripe
baking soda- 1 tsp
baking powder- 1tsp
salt-1/2 tsp
chopped walnuts/raisins
Method:
Preheat oven to 375 F.
Mash the bananas really well.mix it with sugar and melted butter.
In the meantime use a flour sifter to mix all the dry ingredients together.Add this to the mashed banana and mix everything together really well. Fill the muffin pan with paper cups & pour this batter to 3/4th of each muffin slot. Add some chopped walnuts/raisins on top of each of this & bake for about 20 mins or when a fork comes out clean.Let it cool a bit and then serve. I made 12 regular size muffins with this proportion.
Enjoy the yumm yumm muffin!

Wacky Banana Cake

Many thanks to Nandita of Saffrontrail for this wonderful recipe.click here to view her recipe...
I have followed the recipe exactly the same way...the only difference is I avoided the nuts...Also, instead of banana you could use apples or any other fruit and add nuts based on your choice......what I luv the most abt this recipe is, it is not only very very simple to make but also quite healthy since it has no eggs, no butter and has mostly whole wheat flour........I made this cake at the perfect time when three of my friend's little girls are celebrating their 1st birthday this month....ok so this simple healthy cake is for the three little angels Nadhi (Dec 5th), Anvita(Dec 6th) & Shakthi (Dec 10th).....Happy Happy B'day little ones.....I'm going to make a note of the recipe here for my future reference......
Ingredients:
1.Whole wheat flour - 1 cup
2. All purpose flour- 1/2 cup
3. Sugar- 3/4 cup (Powder this in mixie)
4. baking soda- 1 tsp
5. Salt- 1/2 tsp
6. Cinnamon powder- 1 tsp

7. White vinegar- 1 tbsp
8. Vanilla extract- 1 tsp
9. Canola oil- 5 tbsp
10. Cold water (not iced)- 1 cup


11. Banana or apple- sliced- 1
12. nuts- optional
Method:
Preheat the oven to 400 degrees and take ingredients 1 to 6 in a flour sifter and sift it into a 8x8 square baking pan ( After using this though, I thought it might be better to use a loaf pan to get more thickness/depth of the cake). Pour ingredients 7 to 10 and mix well without any lumps. Now add ingredients 11 & 12 and shake the pan to level off and sprinkle some cinnamon powder. Now bake in the oven for 30 mins or till done (when the top of the cake turns golden brown & a fork comes out clean). Cut into square pieces and serve warm.