Caramel Cake vs. Banana Bread

Caramel Cake

Cake:

1 cup butter

2 cups sugar

4 eggs

3 cups flour

1 cup milk

2 tbsp vanilla extract

Caramel:

1/2 cup butter

1 cup brown sugar

1/4 cup milk

2 tbsp vanilla extract

Frosting:

1/2 cup butter

3 cups powder sugar

1 tbsp vanilla extract

- Cake Recipe -

Preheat Oven to 350 degrees

Grease 2 (9 inch) pans and flour

Using a stand mixer or electric mixer

Cream butter and sugar

Add eggs one at a time, cream in between

Add flour and milk alternating in 3 batches

Cream in between batches, and add vanilla

Mix one final time before dividing batter into pans

Drop pans w/ batter on the counter from a few inches off the ground

Do so several times to remove air bubbles

Bake cakes for 20 minutes

- Caramel Recipe -

Cook brown sugar, milk, and butter in a pan

Cook over medium heat for 5 minutes

Remove from heat and add vanilla

After cake is cooked and cooled, inject caramel into layers

- Frosting Recipe -

Whip butter and sugar together

Add in cream and vanilla

Add to the top of the cake

Sides are optional

Top with nuts (optional)

*Carbohydrates, Protein, Calcium*

Healthy Alterations: #fixthedish

• Use unsalted natural cream butter
• It contains calcium and is healthier for your body because it does not contain harmful ingredients and chemicals that are in "fake butter", which is made in a laboratory.
• Use organic sugar
• It is the most natural way for your body to process sugar, except for fruit. It is not as processed and refined as a cane sugar would be.
• Use unbleached or whole wheat flour instead of white flour
• Unbleached flour does not contain the chemicals used to bleach flour, and whole grain flour gives you servings of whole grains which people now a days are not always eating due to refined (white) grains, and whole grain is essential to your body and health

Banana Bread

On the lighter side:

1 cup organic sugar

1 stick unsalted butter

2 large eggs

3 ripe bananas

1 tbsp milk

1 tsp cinnamon

2 cups whole wheat flour

1 tsp baking powder

1 tsp baking soda

1 tsp salt

- Recipe -

Preheat oven to 325 degrees

Cream butter and sugar until fluffy

Use stand mixer or electric mixer

Add eggs to mixture one at a time

Beat mixture in between eggs

Add cut up bananas, milk, and cinnamon to mixture

Mix thoroughly until bananas are completely blended

Mix dry ingredients in a mixing bowl

Add dry ingredients to mixture

Mix just until flour is out of sight

Pour batter into a greased bread pan

Cook bread for an hour

Cool for 15 minutes

3 Good Choices:

• Organic Sugar is so much more natural for your body simply because it is not refined. Refined foods have nutrients taken our of them and lead them to be processed, just as grains are processed and the whole grain servings are removed.
• Use whole wheat flour simply to ensure your body is receiving all food groups and nutrients, you would not want to defy your body from one of the few needed nutrients. 
• Use a natural cream butter instead of "fake butter", it is not made in a laboratory like fake butter is. It is natural calcium for your body and your body will process it easier. Not to mention that it does not contain sodium, which is also healthier for your body to process.

Don't be afraid to change up your grocery list and try some organic or healthy alterations. Go ahead and try whole grain anything, from flour to crackers. Try organic vegetables, organic meat and eggs, or organic sugar. Simply look for things that are not processed and are natural, because it makes a cake so much healthy. Processed, refined, and factory foods are harder on your stomach, and can mess up your metabolism.

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