This has been a tricky January, greater than traditional I feel and I’ve to admit that I’ve ‘handled’ myself to the odd tipple on the finish of the day to congratulate myself on making it by means of! Amarula is the right indulgence, I find it irresistible over ice, however you may also use it in cocktails, or in your baking.
I do know that banana bread was SO final lockdown, which is why I’ve created this scrumptious Amarula banana cake. It has Amarula cream within the banana cake and the buttercream is laced with Amarula additionally.
This cake is sort of small, if like me you’re a part of a smaller family (there’s solely two people and one canine), it will hold nicely for a number of days in an hermetic container. In the event you do wish to feed a crowd, it will comfortably make 6-8 servings relying in your urge for food.
I at all times have a lot of good intentions with regards to consuming fruit, however I’ll be sincere my freezer is stashed filled with overripe bananas and very often the apples and pears get was crumble, cake or pies.
So do your self a favour and seize a bottle of Amarula from Amazon or your native grocery store, rescue these bananas languishing within the fruit bowl or freezer and make this cake. When you’re at it, pour your self an Amarula to get pleasure 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 Beautify***
- Chopped Pecans
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Warmth the oven to 180C/fan 160C/fuel 4. Grease and line the bottom of two 6 inch deep unfastened bottomed cake tins.
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Place the butter and sugar within the bowl of a meals mixer fitted with the paddle attachment. Beat the 2 collectively till they’re gentle and fluffy.
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Add within the eggs separately, mixing the primary one in totally earlier than including the second egg.
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Subsequent add within the flour and bicarbonate of soda,stir in gently after which beat till totally mixed.
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Lastly add within the vanilla extract, mashed banana and Amarula till simply mixed.
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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.
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Subsequent make the buttercream, place the butter within the bowl of a meals mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, add the icing sugar and blend on a sluggish velocity till beginning to mix, combine on a better velocity till gentle and fluffy. Then add the Amarula Cream and blend till mixed.
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Cool within the tins for no less than 20 minutes, then slide a knife spherical the sting of the muffins if vital and take away from the tins and take away the greaseproof paper. Switch to a wire rack to chill utterly.
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Place the underside layer of cake on a plate or cake stand, unfold a fair layer of buttercream on the cake and if you wish to,pipe a hoop with a French tip on the sting of the cake. Then sprinkle half the chopped pecans on high.
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Subsequent place the second sponge on high with the flat aspect from the bottom of the tin dealing with upwards. Unfold a skinny layer of buttercream on high after which pipe an ornamental ring of icing across the edge.Sprinkle with the remaining pecans and place within the fridge to agency up just a little.
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The cake can then be saved at room temperature in an hermetic container and is greatest eaten inside 48 hours.
Amarula is out there to buy in any respect main Supermarkets and Amazon.
Thanks for studying.
Angela
This can be a sponsored publish, I used to be approached by Amarula to create a recipe utilizing their Amarula Cream Liqueur.
