Banana Nut Chocolate Bread

Ingredients

1/3 cup butter or margarine, softened.
3/4 cup sugar
1 egg
1 cup mashed banana.
2 cups all-purpose flour.
2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder.
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup chopped pecans (or walnuts)
½ cup chocolate chips (or more if desired)
1/2 cup buttermilk
Method:

Preheat oven to 350 °F
cream butter and sugar.
Mix in egg and banana.
Stirr together flour baking powder, baking soda, salt, nuts and chocolate chips.
Add to this mixture to cream mixture alternately with buttermilk.
Stir until just blended.
Pour chocolate batter into a greased and floured pan. 9x5x3 inches.
Bake for 65 minutes, or until bread tests done.
Cool in plan for about 5 minutes, then turn out on a wire rack.
Cool completely.
Makes one loaf

Fruity Chocolate Cake

Ingredients

2 tbsp	+ 1/3 cup butter
3 tbsp	sugar
130 g	unsweetened or semi-sweet chocolate chips
3 pc	eggs, separated
1/2 tsp	vanilla extract
1/3 cup	breadcrumbs
1/3 cup	cashew nuts, coarsely chopped

1/4 tsp

iodized fine salt

1 can fruit cocktail, drained (reserve syrup)

2 tbsp	all-purpose flour
1/2 tbsp	cornstarch, dissolved in remaining fruit cocktail syrup
1 tbsp	honey

Procedure


1. GREASE medium size muffin pan with 2 tbsp of butter then dust with 2 tbsp sugar. Set aside. Preheat oven to 350ºF. Melt half of chocolate chips in double boiler. Set aside.

2. CREAM remaining butter and half of sugar for 3 minutes. Add egg yolks one at a time, beating after each addition. Fold in melted chocolate, vanilla and 2 tbsp fruit cocktail syrup. Set aside.

3. BEAT egg whites until soft peaks form then gradually add remaining sugar while beating until stiff. Fold into the creamed mixture alternately with breadcrumbs. Fold in remaining chocolate chips, nuts and salt. Fill the muffin pan with batter 3/4 full.

4. COMBINE Fruit Cocktail and flour. Top each unbaked muffin with fruit mixture. Bake for 30 minutes. Remove from pan and cool on wire rack.

5. HEAT cornstarch mixture until thick. Add honey. Brush over cake.



Fruity Chocolate Cake

Pineapple-chocolate Revel Bars

Induldge in the goodness of oats and chocolate with a tangy pineapple surprise!

Ingredients

2/3 cup	margarine, softened
1 cup	brown sugar
1 pc	egg
3/4 tsp	vanilla extract
1-1/4 cups	all-purpose flour
3/4 tsp	baking soda

1 cup	oatmeal
1 tbsp	cashew nuts or walnut, chopped
100 g	semi-sweet chocolate, grated
1/2 cup	sweetened condensed milk

1 can Crushed pineapple, drained


Procedures


1. PREHEAT oven to 350°F. Grease a 7”x7” pan. Set aside.

2. CREAM margarine and brown sugar. Add egg, beating well after addition. Add vanilla. Set aside.

3. COMBINE flour and baking soda. Add to the margarine mixture. Mix well. Fold in oatmeal and nuts. Press 3/4 of this mixture at the bottom of the prepared pan. Spread Crushed Pineapple over crust (oatmeal mixture). Set aside.

4. MELT chocolate in a double boiler. Blend in condensed milk. Pour over crust. Cover and freeze for 15 minutes. Divide remaining oatmeal mixture into 6 portions. Press lightly onto pan to partly cover the chocolate topping. Bake for 35 minutes. Cool and chill for 3 hours. Cut into bars.

TIP: Use improvised double boiler by placing a heatproof bowl over the pan of simmering water. Place chocolate onto bowl and stir to melt.



Pineapple-Chocolate Revel Bars

CHOCOLATE COOKIE SANDWICHES WITH VANILLA FILLING

makes 18 sandwiches

1 ½ cups flour
¾ cup cocoa
½ teaspoon salt
12 tablespoons butter, room temperature
1 cup sugar
1 egg

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Whisk together flour, cocoa, and salt.

In a mixer, beat sugar and butter together until fluffy.

Add egg and beat until mixed.

On low speed, add dry ingredients. Mix until the dry ingredients are incorporated.

Shape the dough into two round discs about one inch thick. Wrap each disc in plastic wrap and chill for one hour. If the dough is too sticky to roll out, chill it some more. If it’s too hard, let it warm up a little.

Roll the dough out on a well-floured cutting board until it is ¼ inch thick.

Cut cookies with a two inch cookie cutter (or an espresso cup, if you’re me and you don’t have a two-inch cookie cutter). Gather up the scraps, roll them out, and cut a few more cookies.

Bake on a parchment-lined cookie sheet for 12 minutes, or until they look dry to the touch.

Cool cookies completely.

VANILLA FILLING

¾ cup powdered sugar
6 tablespoons butter, room temperature
¾ teaspoon vanilla
1 teaspoon milk

Beat ingredients together with a mixer until smooth.

Spread one tablespoon of filling on the flat side of a cool cookie. Top with another cookie.

Chocolate Cookie Sandwiches With Vanilla Filling

Mini Chocolate Covered Apples

You will need:

melon baller
4 inch lollipop sticks
apples
chocolate of your choice
chopped nuts, sprinkles, toffee bits (optional)

Procedure

With a melon baller, scoop little balls out of the apple. Pat the apple pieces dry. Place a lollipop stick into each apple ball and dip in melted chocolate. Roll apples in nuts, sprinkles,or toffee bits, if desired. Place on parchment paper until set.