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Chocolate Chip Snack Cake. This is a lovely 8 X 8 cake that your family is going to fall in love with. The original recipe comes from an old friend of mine called Leona. I have known Leona for many, many years.
I met her the night before my middle son was born and he turns 40 this year, so that is how long Leona and I have been friends. A long, long time. I am so grateful that 40 years later we can still call ourselves friends. I have to say that every single recipe that Leona shared with me became one of my tried and trues. She was and is an excellent cook, even at the ripe old age of 82! The only thing I have changed with this through the years is to use butter instead of shortening,...
Banana cake is a great simple way to use up those overripe bananas that despite best efforts, we almost always get left with.
Jump to Recipe I eat a banana every day so i buy quite a few each week, but some how they go from perfect to black in the blink of an eye. I hate to throw any thing away. They are actually at their best for cakes when they are black, and have a better more intense favour. I would only recommend using very ripe/over ripe bananas for a cake. The riper they are the better. You can help them along a bit by putting them in the oven. Read food 52 article on it here to see how. Banana...