our birthday cake... banana cake with white chocolate buttercream 我们的生日蛋糕-香蕉白巧克力奶油蛋糕

It was our birthday again, had to make a cake to celebrate also my son requested to have a cake for our birthday. Because he want to blow the candles! haha


Just in right time, had 3 ripe bananas in my kitchen, so I decided to make a banana cake as our birthday cake this year. I really seldom decorate cake, just think to decorate it as simple as possible but hubby wanna make it a bit fancy. Haha.. I'll try my best....

  

ingredients for cake: (make 1 x 8" cake)
3 ripe bananas
100g butter, soften at room temperature
2/3 cup fine sugar (original recipe call for 1 cup)
1-1/2 cup all purpose flour
1-1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp fine salt

mash bananas, set a side

sift dry ingredients, flour, baking soda & salt

start cream butter & sugar until pale & fluffy

add eggs & mashed bananas
add dry sifted dry ingredients, fold to well combine

divide batter into 2, bake at 180C for 30 minutes
or insert a wooden skewer & come out dry & clean

looking beautiful in golden brown colour
let cool for 30 minutes before apply frosting

ingredients for frosting:

140g butter

70g powder sugar

100g white chocolate

some fresh grapes

some chocolate chips

1. melt white chocolate in double boiler, let cool for 10 minutes
2. cream butter & powder sugar in high speed, add in melted chocolate & quick whisk until all combine

start decorating!