Papuan Banana cake. So simple. And, according to my friend Manny, a very popular breakfast item in Papua New Guinea.
He explained that, because PNG is so diverse across the board, every area has a different dialect, traditions, etc. One thing that is consistent across the country is banana cake- and it can be found at any establishment. He also confessed that it was one of his favorite things, and that was enough to tell me that I should make it.
I actually didn’t go searching for a traditional recipe since my mom’s is so good, and therefore I decided to use that. The one tweak I made is that I swapped mom’s traditional walnut cream cheese frosting with a chocolate coconut sauce, which Manny said was a more traditional topper.
Thank you, Saturday. It’s been a long week, full of “new parent” things. Now, before you people-parents get all angry, I’m not trying to minimize what you do, but I’ve learned this week that being a pet parent can be a whole lotta stressful, too. […]
