CookEat Recipe

Banana and Mango Mini Cakes

Mashed banana and mango dice join a vanilla oat batter in small squares. Quick-cooking flakes rest before flour and baking powder are folded in, then the portions are baked through.

  • small bake
  • make ahead

Method

Steps

  1. Step 1

    Wash the fruit first; quantities refer to prepared edible weights. Peel the banana and mash the flesh with a fork. Peel the mango and remove its stone; cut the flesh into 5 mm dice.

  2. Step 2

    Use 120 g dry quick-cooking rolled oats; whole grains and steel-cut oats need a different method.

  3. Step 3

    Set the oven to 175°C, conventional. Line small square 40 ml metal moulds with parchment cases on two trays.

  4. Step 4

    Cream 120 g butter (softened) with 150 g caster sugar for 2-3 minutes. Gradually beat in 150 g beaten egg, weighed without shell. Mix in 1.5 tsp vanilla. Use vanilla extract.

  5. Step 5

    Fold in 80 g banana, 80 g mango, 120 g quick-cooking rolled oats. Let the oats absorb moisture for 10 minutes.

  6. Step 6

    Combine 180 g all purpose flour, 0.5 tsp baking powder. Fold into the fruit mixture until no dry flour remains.

  7. Step 7

    Fill the wells two-thirds full. Bake 22-30 minutes, swapping the two trays after 15 minutes. Bake until set throughout, with no raw batter on a skewer; the centre must also reach at least 74°C. Cover with foil if the surface darkens first.

  8. Step 8

    Cool 10 minutes in the moulds and 10 on a rack. Divide the batch into 16 servings of small cakes. If extra batches are needed, refrigerate waiting batter and add their baking time.

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