my beautiful mother-in-law oliveta is in hospital for her birthday this year. she has stomach cancer and has really been struggling of late. after being unwell for quite sometime and being brave as she always is and saying she was fine, she was unable to eat properly and the dr's admitted her to do tests and see how she really is. i know she feels really lonely in the hospital and misses the kids a lot, so i made her a cake and we all went in to sit with her and enjoy some time together.
she looked so much happier when we left and i know that although she is tired, she loved having the kids around her making noise and cheering her up. we are so lucky to have her close and are enjoying every minute we can with her.
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the recipe for this cake is an epic one from our close friend keryn and because this is her favourite cake and i know it will always be one we keep in the family, here's the recipe for future reference:
keryn's banana cake
125g butter
1 cup white sugar
3 ripe bananas
1 tsp vanilla essence
1/2 tsp baking soda
2 tbsp milk
1 1/2 cups self raising flour
2 eggs
directions:
preheat oven to 160 degrees fan forced
cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy
add in eggs one by one and beat until well combined
mash bananas and vanilla essence and add to butter mixture
mix baking soda into milk then add to mixture
add sifted self raising flour
pour into cake tin
bake for 45 mins until cake tester comes out clean or cake bounces back
ice with cream cheese icing
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