Orange spiced banana buns

These buns were a lovely treat for the end of Autumn, the nutmeg and cinnamon in them were a nice and cosy spice to warm you up inside whilst the weather outside was blowing cold and breezy..

Ingredients..

2 and a half cups of wholemeal self raising flour

1tsp baking powder

8tbsp marg

half a cup of dark brown muscavado sugar

6tbsp brown demerara sugar

2 ripe bananas (mashed, and save a little for topping buns)

3tbsp orange jam

a little orange peel

1tsp nutmeg

1tsp cinnamon

half a tsp ginger

half a cup of soya milk

1 cup of currants (or raisins)

Method..

Place all dry ingredients together in a large bowl. Melt the marg and muscavado sugar in a pan on a low heat. In a separate bowl add the mashed bananas and mix in the brown demerara sugar, orange jam and soya milk. Transfer the melted marg mix and banana mix to the flour mixture and stir, being careful not to over stir. Add the mixture to bun cases (filling half full as the buns will rise a little) then place on a bun rack, placing a slice of banana on each of the buns for decoration. Pop in the oven for 20-30mins on 180oC - until golden brown. Leave to cool and enjoy!

The buns will last in an air tight container in the fridge for up to a week.
Try adding cocoa powder, almonds or dark choc for something different.

I decorated one of the buns with a robin and gave to my nan..ready for the festive winter season.

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I submitted this entry to the Bake Fest hosted by Sanjee Vijay: http://sangeethaskitchen.blogspot.com/2011/11/my-first-event-announcement-bake-fest-2.html
organised by Zesy Palette.