Switch up your cake recipe by adding some mashed overripe pawpaw to the batter, it yields a moist, fluffy and yummy endproduct that even a non-pawpaw lover will definitely go for seconds. 

INGREDIENTS 

• 2 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/2 cup oil
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 teaspoon lemon juice (or zest)
• 1/4 cup milk
• 1 cup ripe and soft mashed pawpaw/papaya

Toppings: 

• 1/8 cup of raisins 
• 1/4 cup of shredded unsweetened coconut

WATCH HOW I MADE THIS PAWPAW CAKE

PROCEDURE:

1. First start by preheating your pot on a medium heat then greasing and flouring your baking pan (I used two mini loaf pans)
2. Mix the dry ingredients, flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt and cinnamon and set aside.
3. Pour the oil and sugar in a bowl and mix till the sugar dissolves
4. Add the eggs one at a time, whisking after each addition.
5. Add the vanilla and lemon juice and mix.
6. Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients in 3 steps, first half of the flour, mix, add the milk and mix, then add the remaining part of flour and mix.
7. Fold in the mashed pawpaw
8. Pour into the prepared pans, top with shredded coconut and raisins
9. Bake for 35 - 40 minutes in the preheated pan till a toothpick inserted comes out clean.
10. Bring it down, allow to cool and then serve. It is best enjoyed the next day when the pawpaw flavour really comes out.

 

I have a few great Cake Recipes already on the blog you can check them out below and add them to your list to try next! 

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What's not to love about this fluffy and delicious restaurant-style pancakes

This recipe is so simple and easy that you could whip them up in less than 30 minutes.The basic pancake requires four main ingredients; flour, egg, sugar and milk plus other optional ones like:

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STEPS IN MAKING PANCAKES:

Native Jollof Rice with it's distinct taste and flavour😋, is one of the easiest rice recipes to make requiring few simple ingredients and a perfect substitute for when you're bored of other rice recipes (also when you want to eat on a budget😁🤫). 

It was given the name Concoction Rice because it's a meal you make when you crave something with lots of ground crayfish, super spicy, oily,with a fresh kick and lots of onions and you also want to eat rice as a Nigerian, so you throw in all the ingredients together like you're making a form of concoction. 

As a student, you will need to cook Concoction rice at some point or another , this is a meal you cook when you don't have time and the means to buy the ingredients for a proper jollof rice, when you just want to fill stomach space hence the name Emergency Jollof Rice. 

For some though, it's no longer an emergency but a full-fledged meal filled with plenty orisirisi like smoked fish, prawns, ponmo, suya, boiled eggs.

In this method, I just made use of plenty crayfish, feel free to add some smoked fish if you have any😜.

INGREDIENTS 

• 2 cups of rice
• 2 cooking spoon palm oil
• 1 onion bulb
• 6 habanero peppers
• 2 stock cube
• 5 tablespoon of ground crayfish 
• A handful of chopped scent leaf. 

PROCEDURE 

1. Wash rice and parboil the rice, once its half cook wash, drain and set aside. 
2. Place a pot on a medium heat, add palm oil and heat for about 3 minutes but don’t bleach; Add chopped onions and fry, add the blended pepper and fry till the water dries up. 
3. Add the crayfish, knorr cube and salt, mix together, then add a little water and cook till oil floats on top of the sauce.
4. Add the parboiled rice to the sauce and stir to combine, add a little water to cover the rice and reduce the heat. 
5. Cook rice on low heat till almost done (add more water if needed), check for salt and seasoning.
6. Cook for another 5 minutes till the water is almost dried up then add scent leaves. Allow the water to dry completely, stir and turn off heat and serve.

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