I beginning to wonder if blogging is worth it. I don't get much responses though I did start this for myself...hummm... Well I suppose it is. I can air out what ever I wish to. I have gotten a few new friends. And thats worth it right there..Indeed, so here's where I want to thank you my new friends for hanging by me through my open diary.
I'm leaving these beautiful pink flowers for you. For always coming by and saying helo and letting me know that you are there...
Today is a busy day, I have to take my Mom to the doctors today and I'm debating about going to the police station because of my daughter being jumped the other day. I have a lot on my mind. Any how I was surfing again and found a few nice recipes to share with you...
I did post the Lemon cake so I hope that you picked that up.
DULCE DE LECHE BANANA CAKE
Source: slightly adapted from Bakers Royale
FROM BRANDY'S BAKING (THANK YOU)
Ingredients
For the cake:
½ cup sour cream
1 teaspoon baking soda
8 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
¼ teaspoon salt
1 cup mashed bananas (about 1 1/2 to 2 large bananas)
¾ cup dulce de leche
For the frosting:
8 oz cream cheese, cold
8 tablespoon unsalted butter, softened
3 tablespoons dulce de leche
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 ½ cups of powdered sugar, sifted
Make the cake:
Heat oven to 350 degrees F. Lightly butter a 9" round cake pan and then lightly dust with flour. Place parchment round on bottom of pan.Place sour cream in a bowl and add baking soda; set aside.
Mix butter and sugar until light and creamy.
Add eggs in one at time and beat until combined. Add vanilla and beat until combined.
Mix flour, baking powder and salt; set aside. Mix bananas, dulce de leche and sour cream mixture. Add the dry ingredients in three parts, alternating with banana mixture. Mix after each addition until just combined.
Pour mixture into prepared cake pan and bake at 350 degrees F for about 45 minutes or until cake tester inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool cake for 5 minutes in cake pan. Remove cake and continue to cool cake completely on a wire rack.
Make the frosting:
Mix cream cheese, dulce de leche and butter until combined. Add vanilla and mix until combined.
Gradually add sifted powdered sugar and mix until fully combined.
DULCE DE LECHE CAN BE FOUND IN MOST LATIN PRODUCE MARKETS.
I THOUGHT I HAD SAVED A PICTURE OF IT BUT GUES NOT. I LIKE THIS RECIPE ITS SOUNDS SO GOOD I LIKE THE FACT THAT YOU WILL USE SOUR CREAM IN THE CAKE. WELL I WILL BE TRYING IT VERY SOON INDEED SO HOPE YOU WILL TO AND LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU THOUGHT.
WITH MUCH LOVE JANICE...HAPPY MONDAY........
I have blogged for several years with a few months off not to long ago. I have been considering the same..... thinking about quitting altogether. When I started there were so many blogging now many have lost interest & quit.
ReplyDeleteIf you have made some great friends you can always email. I have a couple I email with every week.
Is blogging worth it???? A personal question....Sometimes I think no.....
Love, Marilyn
Your Dulce De Leche cake looks very yummy.
ReplyDeleteI think you are the only one who can answer that question. Only you know the effort and time you have put into it, and the expectations and hopes you have for it.
Thank you ladies and your right? It will have to be my own decision. I will think of it for a while longer..hugs.
ReplyDeleteThanks for coming by my blog! There were times when I'd post every day but if I don't feel like posting- then i don't! If it ain't fun- we ain't doing it!
ReplyDeleteConcerning smaller portions: I think they are a real key for me in my weight loss and we can "train" our bodies to accept this. I remember even as a child hearing that we eat waaaay more than is good for us. ♥
Good morning Janice! You are making me very hungry for some of that cake! Safeway sells it by the slice!!! MMMMM good, too.
ReplyDeleteAs for blogging, I have been doing it since July of 2007 and it does take time to build a friendships through it. There have been many days I have thought of closing it, but then I would be losing contacts with some very special people I've met along the way.
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Becky
PS: I think you need to file a police report for your daughter. How scary is that!!!!!!!