This has been a tough January, bigger than widespread I really truly actually really feel and I’ve to admit that I’ve ‘handled’ myself to the odd tipple on the tip of the day to congratulate myself on making it by the use of! Amarula is the acceptable indulgence, I favor it over ice, nonetheless it is usually attainable to place it to make use of in cocktails, or in your baking.
I do know that banana bread was SO closing lockdown, which is why I’ve created this scrumptious Amarula banana cake. It has Amarula cream contained inside the banana cake and the buttercream is laced with Amarula furthermore.
This cake is form of small, if like me you’re a part of a smaller family (there’s solely two people and one canine), it ought to defend successfully for just a few days in an hermetic container. In case you do should feed a crowd, it ought to comfortably make 6-8 servings relying in your urge for meals.
I incessantly have numerous good intentions contained within the case of consuming fruit, nonetheless I’ll be dependable my freezer is stashed full of overripe bananas and pretty generally the apples and pears get transform crumble, cake or pies.
So do your self a favour and seize a bottle of Amarula from Amazon or your native grocery retailer, rescue these bananas languishing contained inside the fruit bowl or freezer and make this cake. Within the occasion you happen to’re at it, pour your self an Amarula to profit from #AmarulaAtHome.
Amarula Banana Cake
- ***Amarula Banana Sponge Cake***
- 170 g Unsalted Butter Softened (plus further for greasing)
- 170 g Caster Sugar
- 2 Medium Eggs
- 170 g Self-raising Flour Sifted
- 1 Tsp Bicarbonate of Soda
- 1 Tsp Vanilla Extract
- 3 Small Ripe Bananas mashed
- 2 Tbsp Amarula Cream
- ***Amarula Buttercream***
- 125 g Unsalted Butter Softened
- 300 g Icing Sugar Sifted
- 75 ml Amarula Cream Liqueur
- ***To Adorn***
- Chopped Pecans
Warmth the oven to 180C/fan 160C/gasoline 4. Grease and line the underside of two 6 inch deep unfastened bottomed cake tins.
Place the butter and sugar contained inside the bowl of a meals mixer fitted with the paddle attachment. Beat the 2 collectively till they’re delicate and fluffy.
Add contained inside the eggs one after the other, mixing the primary one in completely earlier to along with the second egg.
Subsequent add contained inside the flour and bicarbonate of soda,stir in gently after which beat till completely mixed.
Lastly add contained inside the vanilla extract, mashed banana and Amarula till merely mixed.
Divide the batter equally between the lined tins(it’s approx. 445g of batter per tin if weighing) and bake for 35 minutes or till a skewer inserted into the middles comes out clear.
Subsequent make the buttercream, place the butter contained inside the bowl of a meals mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, add the icing sugar and blend on a gradual tempo till beginning to mix, combine on the next tempo till delicate and fluffy. Then add the Amarula Cream and blend till mixed.
Cool contained inside the tins for on the very least 20 minutes, then slide a knife spherical the sting of the muffins if obligatory and take away from the tins and take away the greaseproof paper. Change to a wire rack to take a seat down down as soon as extra absolutely.
Place the underside layer of cake on a plate or cake stand, unfold a superb layer of buttercream on the cake and all through the occasion you wish to,pipe a hoop with a French tip on the sting of the cake. Then sprinkle half the chopped pecans on prime.
Subsequent place the second sponge on prime with the flat side from the underside of the tin dealing with upwards. Unfold a skinny layer of buttercream on prime after which pipe an ornamental ring of icing all by the sting.Sprinkle with the remaining pecans and place contained inside the fridge to company up solely a bit.
The cake can then be saved at room temperature in an hermetic container and is most fascinating eaten inside 48 hours.
Amarula is obtainable accessible within the market to buy inside the least needed Supermarkets and Amazon.
Thanks for locating out.
Angela
This may doubtless very successfully be a sponsored publish, I used to be approached by Amarula to create a recipe utilizing their Amarula Cream Liqueur.