Sharabelle bakes

Banana Chocolate Mini Tarts Now my laptop has been repaired I can finally start blogging about my favourite fruit again.   So why Banana's?     As I get older my IBS gets worse and I find more foods I can no longer eat.  Instead of giving up my favourite treats I decided to research dairy free baking recipes and discovered a wealth of vegan recipes.  I was surprised to learn that mashed banana can be used as an egg substitute.   So I started to wonder, what other goodies can be made with the humble banana.  So started my year long quest.   First Experiment: Iv been looking for a chocolate banana ganache recipe for a while I could not find one.  So I finally decided to come up with my own one, by adapting my basic ganache recipe. Basic Ganache Recipe 100g  - Dairy free Chocolate 100ml - Dairy free milk or cream A knob of dairy free butter Place all the ingredients in a glass bo...

Chocolate ganache covered chocolate cake decorated with continental chocolate's Baked a chocolate Victoria sandwich cake on Friday for a race night fundraiser.  Third one I've made in 2 weeks, Iv pretty much memorised the recipe now.   First one I made was for a good friends birthday.  Topped with M&M's and jammy dodgers round the side.  I don't normally do decorations, I went with the most over the top cake I could make. Jammy Dodgers for her big heart Second cake was for my evening reading group, to celebrate one of the lady's birthdays.  Due to a last minute visitor she couldn't make it.  The rest of guys had no problem eating it though. By the third cake I'd finally figured out the best way to cover the cake with the chocolate ganache.     It was suggested by my mother to go for a more dignified decoration on this one.  So I used continental chocolate's to make a clock face.  So...