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Bored and lonely, how's everyone doing? (lemmy.zip)

submitted 1 day ago by thomastheturtletrain@lemmy.zip to c/casualconversation@piefed.social

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Any Friday/weekend plans? None for me as usual. Anything anyone wants to talk about, no matter how mundane you think it might be I’d enjoy chatting with you.

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[–] lvxferre@mander.xyz 10 points 1 day ago (3 children)

My banana crumb cake turned out tasty, but it didn't grow as much as I wanted. I kind of forgot to take into account climate on yeast times, plus I'm not used to cakes so I had no clue if the batter grew as much as it should (for breads this is easier for me).

Beyond that I'm playing some Pokemon Emerald. Mostly abusing RNG manipulation for shinies, and faketime for berries. I'll probably start some Leaf Green or Fire Red playthrough, gotta catch'em all...

Bought a bottle of vodka. Now dumping all citrus skins in it. Some months later I'll have my fun with it.

No plans for Fri/Sat/Sun as of yet.

[–] thomastheturtletrain@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I’ve never heard of banana crumb cake but it sounds good.

[–] lvxferre@mander.xyz 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Here's a picture, stolen from some cooking site (because it looks better than mine):

It's a common dish here in Paraná, known locally as "cuque de farofa e banana"; basically Streuselkuchen plus sliced bananas. I'll share the recipe I followed, it works fine, it's just that I didn't give the yeast enough hours to act:

Recipe

For the crumbles:

180g flour
200g sugar (add more if you like it sweeter)
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
2 tablespoons plus more of some solid fat (lard, butter, margarine, they all work fine)

Mix all ingredients by hand, adding more fat as needed; you know you got enough fat there when the crumbles barely hold themselves together, once you press them with your hand.

Batter:

1 tablespoon dry biological yeast
250ml lukewarm milk; make sure it isn't too hot, otherwise it'll kill the yeast
75g sugar
300g flour
2 tablespoons fat
zest of a lime, half lemon, or a rangpur
two eggs
some vanilla extract
a pinch of salt
three bananas, peeled, sliced

Mix the yeast, the milk, and one of the tablespoons of sugar. Let it bloom for half a hour.
Mix everything else together, then the mix from step #1. You'll get a sticky batter.
Transfer the batter to a greased baking dish; preferably a large one, you want the batter to be thinly spread.
Let the batter ferment for a few hours; the actual time depends on weather, but it should at least double in size.
Add the sliced bananas over it. Then the crumbles. Then bake the thing 180°C, in pre-heated oven, for 30min or so. You know it's done when you stick a toothpick in it and it comes out clean.
Let it rest a bit then enjoy.

[–] thomastheturtletrain@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 day ago

Looks good too! Thanks for sharing