Apple cake

Good as a dessert too.

½ cup margarine
½ cup caster sugar
1 cup stewed apple
water / milk
1 ½ cups plain flour
2 ½ tsps baking powder
cinnamon
¼ cup brown sugar
1-2 apples

Cream margarine and sugar. Add stewed apple and cinnamon. Combine flour and baking powder. Add to apple mixture. Add water or milk if too dry. Pour into greased 20cm springform pan. Peel, core and thinly slice apple. Place apple slices in a circular pattern on top of cake. Mix together brown sugar and cinnamon. Sprinkle over apple. Bake 180C (350F) for approx 40-50 mins (check with skewer – should still be moist). Cool before removing from pan.

Banana bread

I recommend adding some raspberries to the mixture.

100g margarine
1/3 cup brown sugar
½ cup caster sugar
Vanilla extract
3-4 bananas mashed
1 ½ - 2 cups plain flour
½ tsp bicarbonate of soda
1 tsp baking powder
Raspberries (optional)

Grease and line a loaf tin. Cream margarine and sugars. Add vanilla. Add mashed banana (and raspberries). Combine flour, bicarb and baking powder. Fold into banana mixture. (If too dry add some oil). Place into loaf tin and bake 180C (350F) for approx 50min (test with skewer). Cool a little before cutting. Slices can also be toasted.