I am a banana!
By Monica on May 29th, 2008
Yesterday Celine posted a picture of Don Hertzfeldt’s banana. (Sounds naughty!) If you don’t know who Don Hertzfeldt is, and if you also have a bizarre sense of humor, I highly recommend checking out this video on YouTube. Anyway, I’ve had bananas on the brain since.
So last night we had Banana Cake, using this VegWeb recipe as a very rough guide. I decided it needed more banana, chocolate chips, almond icing, and no oil. Take that, banana cake!
Chocolate Banana-Banana Cake
1 mashed banana
1 diced banana
7T applesauce
1T vinegar
1t salt
1t baking soda
1T baking powder
1t vanilla
1 cup sugar
1 1/2 cups flour
1/2 cup chocolate chips
1 cup water
3T cinnamon
To a large bowl, add the mashed banana and flour. Stir well. Add all the remaining ingredients except the diced banana, and mix well. When batter is sufficiently mixed, fold in the diced banana.
Pour into a greased 9×9″ pan and bake at 350 degrees for 30-35 minutes.
And even though I did just post a pizza shot earlier in the week, today is Thursday, and that means Pizza & Lost night again! This is technically from a previous Pizza & Lost night, but it’s what I’m having tonight too. These 5 Minute Whole Wheat Calzones were stuffed with hot giardinare, onions, black olives, and some fake sausage.
The “5 minutes” aspect is in regards to the rising time of the dough, which is about all the patience I have on Lost night. I’d much rather spend my time on the couch hoping my prayers have been answered and this week is finally the week Sawyer dumps that slutbag Kate, gets rid of that whiny Jack, and saves the island - all while being totally naked, of course.  Oh yeah… calzone dough!
5 Minute Whole Wheat Calzone Dough
1 package active dry yeast
1 cup warm water
1T sugar
2T olive oil
1t salt
2 1/2 - 3 cups whole wheat flour
Dissolve yeast in warm water in a large bowl. Stir in sugar, oil, salt, and 1 cup of the flour. Beat until smooth. Mix in enough remaining flour to make dough easy to handle. Knead on a lightly floured surface until smooth and elastic. Cover and let rest for 5 minutes.
Divide dough into 4 equal portions. Roll each out, stuff with goodies, seal, and bake at 375 degrees for 15-20 minutes.
And lastly, just so you know that I do consume things other than pizza and cake, here’s Golden Tempeh Curry, a recipe from the March 2008 Vegetarian Times. I may lose my vegan-card for this, but I am not a curry fan. I keep trying different curries trying to find some I like, but this is the only one I ate even part of, and that was mostly just picking at the mango and tempeh. Still, an improvement!
VeggieGirl says:
OH MY GOODNESS GRACIOUS, that cake; and the calzones; and the curry - you’re tempting me too much right now!! :0)
May 29th, 2008 at 3:59 pm
Animal-Friendly says:
Mango and curry- wow, sounds like a perfect combination!! And don’t worry, it take WAY more than that to lose your vegan card!
May 29th, 2008 at 4:15 pm
Cakespy says:
Oh good lordy. This is something I could go ‘bananas’ over. Speaking of which, does anyone remember the short-lived cartoon “Bananas in Pajamas”? Ok, that was a digression. But the calzones and curry look like a great way to work up an appetite for the cake too!
May 29th, 2008 at 4:23 pm
trina says:
Revoked.
May 29th, 2008 at 6:13 pm
Chocolatecoveredvegan says:
You are hilarious. Of course, now every time I think of you, I am going to think of bananas. If I morph into a banana too, can I have some of that amazing-looking cake?
May 29th, 2008 at 7:09 pm
Romina says:
Ok, that cake looks way too good to be true, please tell me I’m not dreaming!
May 29th, 2008 at 7:19 pm
thedalyn says:
Pizza and Lost night is a fabulous idea. I might have to steal it and apply it to Battlestar Galactica as well.
May 29th, 2008 at 7:58 pm
Shellyfish says:
I’m still snickering about the adolescent banana reference (I’m far from being a teen-ager, but it got me giggling). That cake looks scrumptious, and I am so excited about trying the calazones!!!
May 30th, 2008 at 12:38 am
celine says:
I have had that banana thing in mind ever since I posted the pic too. kill me now?
May 30th, 2008 at 1:10 am
VeganonStage says:
HEY! HAHAHA I LOVE THAT VIDEO!!! Its been around for a while. My friends and I used to sit there and watch them all… HYSTERICAL!!
(I like the spoon one too)
You seem to have been busy lately!!! That banana cake looks out of this world!!!
May 30th, 2008 at 7:18 am
Jennifer says:
I miss bananas so bad! Damn the store for not carrying Fair Trade! This looks so good! Absolutely perfect.
I am loving those calzones, and they look so easy to make too!
May 30th, 2008 at 7:23 am
jessy says:
wow! your calzones look so awesome! and that banana cake - i’m totally making some. we have a ton of bananas in our freezer that need to be used up - this is just perfect! just perfect! thanks, monica!
May 30th, 2008 at 9:15 am
jessy says:
p.s. - i don’t like crappy kate either - she’s all “pouty faced” and “meh!” all the time, and i don’t care for jack either. but sawyer, oh sawyer - yay!
May 30th, 2008 at 9:17 am
Kumudha says:
Cake, calzones and the curry look very tasty!
May 30th, 2008 at 12:49 pm
Marleah says:
I agree, “Lost” night is definitely the time for easy fixin’s that don’t take too long to make. More time to sit on the couch and ponder the island!
May 31st, 2008 at 8:24 am
Tori says:
There is something about calazones that is so much better than pizza. The omnis (and there children) eat them because they can’t see that it is all vegetables and no cheese. I remember being in italy when I was young and being upset because I was in the mountains and wanted a calazone, but the altitude was to high and I had to have turkey liver lasange (well, my dad had to, because I ate his food
May 31st, 2008 at 8:41 pm
Chocolatecoveredvegan says:
Ok, so you asked, on my blog, if I could see you raising your hand. The answer is that yes, I could see you raising your hand… but the “you” I saw was wearing a giant banana costume! (I TOLD you I was going to picture you as a banana from now on, thanks to this post!)
June 1st, 2008 at 10:03 am
Liz² says:
firstly, that Don Hertzfeld video has scared me and it’s quite funny and insane.
secondly, diced bananas in banana cake? Genius!!
June 2nd, 2008 at 5:44 am
Mihl says:
Banana cake is something I hated and now I love it. Maybe your attitude towards curry will go in the same direction…I think it’s totally great that you don’t give up and try new curries once in a while!
June 2nd, 2008 at 10:26 am
Erin says:
Quick calzones are the best. And you can send all the curries over here, I’ll take them off your hands!
June 3rd, 2008 at 10:00 am
Jess - The Domestic Vegan says:
Holy crap, that cake is jaw-dropping. I am sitting here, really hungry for breakfast but not quite sure what to make & that is making my tummy grumble! I bet it’s delicious!!
June 4th, 2008 at 6:43 am
Veggie says:
That Chocolate Banana-Banana Cake looks yummy.
What did you ice it with?
June 5th, 2008 at 12:03 pm
jd says:
Just stopping by to say hi!
Everything here looks so yummy - but I have to agree about the curry factor…
Although I have found a few curries that I love, it seems like almost anything that I make based on curry powder is kinda “ick.”
Maybe I have to find a better curry powder - or try making my own…
Then again, maybe I’m just a banana.
LOL!
June 6th, 2008 at 1:51 am
Suzie says:
Don Hertzfeldt is messed up.
But I loved it just the same.
I’m eating the cake off the screen, by the way.
June 11th, 2008 at 12:52 pm
happy herbivore says:
5 minute calzone? freakin’ awesome
June 11th, 2008 at 7:32 pm
Melisser says:
Mmm, banana cake! yum. Everything else looks good too!
June 13th, 2008 at 1:16 pm