Wednesday 2 June 2010

Delia's banana and chocolate chip slices


So yesterday I felt like baking when I got back home from work so I thought I would make delia smith's banana and chocolate chip slices since I had an overripe banana. Can I just say this is an amazing quick snack.It was so tasty and the chocolate chips were so melty and the texture was king of like a cookie/blondie. I love it and I will be making it over and over again. So heres the recipe.I didn't put the cream cheese filling on mine because I didn't have an cream cheese but it still tasted amazing.



Ingredients
2 large, very ripe bananas, peeled and roughly chopped into ½ inch (1 cm) pieces
3 oz (75 g) dark chocolate chips, or 3 oz (75 g) dark chocolate, chopped small
9 oz (250 g) self-raising flour
5 oz (150 g) cold butter, cut into small cubes
5 oz (150 g) golden caster sugar
cocoa powder for dusting, if you like
For the filling:
9 oz (250 g) cream cheese
¾ oz (20 g) golden caster sugar
2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
Pre-heat the oven to gas mark 4, 350°F (180°C).


Method
First of all, sift the flour into a large, roomy mixing bowl. Then add the butter and rub it into the flour until the mixture resembles breadcrumbs (you can do this stage in a food processor, if you like). Next, stir in the sugar, chopped bananas and the chocolate (don’t be alarmed, it will look like a crumble mix). Now press the mixture evenly into the greased and lined tin and bake it on the middle shelf of the pre-heated oven for 35-40 minutes or until it is firm to touch in the centre and lightly golden. Leave the slice in the tin until it is cold. While the slice is cooling, make the topping by mixing all the ingredients in a bowl until light and fluffy, then cover with clingfilm and chill until needed. To finish, remove the slice from the tin to a wire rack, spread the chilled topping over, dust lightly with cocoa powder, if you like, and cut it into 12 pieces. Store in the fridge if the slice is not all eaten in one go.

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