Buttermilk, making a banana cake & says buttermilk

jessie981, Mar 24, 2:24am
anyone please
245sam, Mar 24, 2:39am
jessie981, I'm assuming that you don't have any buttermilk?

Suitable substitutes are yoghurt or milk soured with lemon juice or white vinegar (1 tbsp per cup milk). :-))
jrad4, Mar 24, 3:32am
Buttermilk in Banana cake makes it lovely a moist can get it at pak n save in the fridge next to the sour cream and cream cheese haven't found it a countdown but not sure about foodtown.
jessie981, Mar 24, 5:19am
I haven't baked it yet as checked the recipe & it said bake 1 hr @ 275! That seems very hot for a cake. Got the recipe from here.
245sam, Mar 24, 5:30am
jessie981, I've had two thoughts re the oven temperature in that recipe... . .

1. That the 275 is 275°F = 140°C - not hot enough IMO
2. That it is a typo i. e. it should read 375 - °F which is 190°C.

I suggest that you use the usual temperature for cooking cakes- 180°C (350°F).

Re the buttermilk - I see that like myself, you're here in Christchurch so you should have no problems in finding buttermilk in any of the supermarkets. As advised in #3 you'll find buttermilk in the chillers - look for a 600ml carton with the brand name Tararua or a plastic bottle of a similar size produced by Karikaas of Loburn. :-))
marcs, Mar 24, 11:13am
I can't digest buttermilk so I always substitute it with soured milk.
kazzymoto, Mar 25, 4:30am
Butter milk is overpriced, used milk soured with lemon juice, gives the same results
uber.noob, Mar 25, 11:07pm
oooh can i have this recipe please? ? ? anyone know?
jessie981, Mar 26, 2:26am
Will get you the recipe when I go home from work.
jessie981, Dec 5, 4:49pm
Here tis!
11/2c ripe mashed bananas
2tsps lemon juice
3c flour
1&1/2tsps b/soda
1/4tsp salt
3/4c softened butter
2&1/8c sugar
3 large eggs
2tsps vanilla
1&1/2c buttermilk
In a bowl mix mashed banana, lemon juice & set aside.
Next bowl, mix flour, b/soda & salt 7 set aside
In a large bowl cream butter & sugar until light & fluffy
Beat in eggs, one at a time then stir in vanilla
Beat in flour mixture alternately with the buttermilk
Stir in banana mixture
Pour into tin & bake approx (test for readiness) @ 175
Remove from oven & place directly into the freezer for 45 mins. This will make the cake very moist.

Frosting
1/2c softened butter
8z softened cr cheese
1tsp vanilla essence
3&1/2c icing sugar