Banana Cake; Glazed Orange Poppy Seed Cake - Sunbeam Mixmaster MX7700 Instruction/Recipe Booklet

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Banana Cake

180g butter, room temperature, chopped
1 ½ cups raw sugar
2 eggs
2 ¼ cups self raising flour
½ teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon cinnamon
½ teaspoon nutmeg
½ cup buttermilk
1 teaspoon white vinegar
1 teaspoon vanilla essence
1 ½ cups very ripe mashed banana
1. Preheat oven to 180°c. Grease and line a
20cm baba pan.
2. Using the mixing bowl with the bowl
speed set on High, beat butter and sugar
on High speed (7) until well combined.
Add eggs, one at a time, beating well
between each addition.
3. Take bowl speed to Low and reduce
mixing speed to Low (1-2), add sifted
dry ingredients and combined buttermilk,
vinegar and vanilla in two batches. Add
bananas and mix until combined.
4. Pour mixture into prepared tin and bake
for about 40 minutes or until cooked when
tested with a skewer.
5. Allow cake to cool in pan for 5 minutes
before transferring to a wire rack to cool.
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Glazed Orange Poppy Seed Cake

Serves 10
125g butter, softened
¾ cup caster sugar
1 tablespoon finely grated orange rind
2 eggs
1 cup self raising flour
1 / cup milk
3
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
¼ cup poppy seeds
Glaze
2 teaspoons orange zest
½ cup orange juice
½ cup caster sugar
1. Preheat oven to 180°c. Grease and line
and 20cm cake tin.
2. Using the mixing bowl with the bowl
speed set on High, cream butter, sugar
and rind on High speed (7), until light and
fluffy.
3. Add eggs one at a time, beating well
between each addition.
4. Take bowl speed to Low and reduce mixing
speed to Low (1), and add flour and milk
in two batches; mix until just combined.
Mix through poppy seeds.
5. Spread mixture into prepared tin and cook
in oven for about 50 minutes or until
cooked when tested with a skewer.
6. Meanwhile combine the zest, orange juice
and sugar in a small saucepan. Stir oven
a low heat until the sugar has dissolved;
bring to the boil, simmer for 2 minutes.
7. Turn cake out on to a cooling tray with a
baking tray underneath. Using a wooden
skewer, poke several holes into the cake
then pour the hot syrup over the hot cake.
Serves 8