We’ve had a number of “Zoo Birthdays”….from the very first one where all our friends joined us for a day at the zoo and the cake was a hundred (or so it seemed) cupcakes (no digital photo available, but it’s so easy you can imagine it), each with a plastic animal perched on top….to K5’s Castle At The Zoo Birthday (I still can’t believe we carried that cake to the zoo one stinking hot January day)….
….to the latest, a return to an Easy Peasy Zoo Cake for T4, baked and decorated with lots of love by her siblings, J12 taking the role of Head Chef.
Last year saw a variation on the same theme for M5; he even got an extra morning-tea-cake with the top that was cut off to give a level paddock….
Trusty Banana Cake Recipe
125g butter, softened
3/4 C sugar
Cream until light and fluffy
2 eggs
Add, one at a time, beating well after each one is added
2C ripe bananas, mashed
Add and mix well
1t baking soda
2T hot milk
Stir soda into milk and add to above mixture
2C flour
1t baking powder
Sift and fold into cake mixture
Put in a greased and lined 20cm round cake tin (or a square tin, or loaf tins - it depends what you want to do with it)
Bake at 180ºC for 50 minutes (or until cooked)
