The burbs

At the weekend I took a brief trip to London and was spoilt with the loveliest afternoon tea at The Orange Pekoe. I've been once before and it's most definitely one of my fave places for Afternoon Tea, especially because it's near where I used to live... ahh, I love the green burbs of London. Anyway, if you're ever in the Barnes area, a visit to the Orange Pekoe is a must! It's got a fantastic selection of luscious teas and they do to-die-for cakes.

Talking of cakes, where Uni is tailing off, I now have more time on my hands and so here's a little something I knocked up this very evening - so yummy:

Banana and Walnut Cake

150g softened butter

300g Self raising flour

3 ripe bananas

120g soft brown sugar

Dash of lemon juice and 1/2 teaspoon of lemon rind

Handful of walnuts

2 eggs

2tbsp olive oil

I'm a lazy cook (life's too short for spending hours fussing in the kitchen) so I like to just chuck things together and see what happens. So where you should normally "fold" and mix in a "figure of eight", I kind of just bish, bash and bosh a recipe and more often than not, the results are truly tasty.

1. Mash banana with a fork until truly mushy.
2. Chuck in soft butter, sugar, lemon juice & rind, walnuts and mix thoroughly.
3. Add half the flour and one egg and fold until cake mix is wet again.
4. Add remaining flour and 2nd egg and mix thoroughly.
5. Mix in 2tbsp of olive oil (this will make the cake lovely and moist).
6. Place the cake mix in greased tin and cook for approx. 50 mins at 180 degrees.
7. Et voila.

Enjoy!!