Russell Cinnamon

Yoyo what up playas. So I thought I can't really slack on the baking updates so taking a break from making paper pom poms (as you do) to update the latest hip hop baked treats. My lovely classmates have been subjected to me talking about Hip Hop Baking, writing about it and drawing about it but without ever actually having any so on Friday I decided to whip them up this Russell Simmons inspired treat for them to sample.

Russell Cinnamon

You will need: 

4 Eggs

8oz Butter

8oz Caster sugar

8oz Self raising flour

3 Bananas 

Cinnamon

1tsp Milk

For the icing:

3.5 oz Butter

10 oz Soft Cheese (Normal size tub)

4 Oz Icing sugar

Vanilla Essence 

Flake for sprinkling (optional) 

Method: 

To be honest this is just a glorified sponge however the added extras make it stand out from your normal Victoria. Simply beat the butter and sugar together, crack the eggs in one at a time and beat until you have a smooth consistency. Now time to get Def Jam style and MASH UP yo bananas in a separate bowl, once they are smooth you can then add this to the mixture asw ell. I would advise using ripe bananas else you get lumps and its never about a lumpy cake. Sift the flour in and add a couple dashes of cinnamon. Now I made a sandwich style bake however I'm sure this would work as a loaf or just one cake. 

Cook on 160c for 25 minutes until the cake is golden and bouncy and leave to cool. 

Now this is when you can have a little dance, rap off to any of the Def Jam artists though obviously I go straight to my main playa Jay-Z. Get your jams on and beat the butter until its nice and smooth, then adding in the cream cheese. Once the mixture is consistent you can add the sifted icing sugar and vanilla essence and voila the perfect vanilla cream cheese frosting is ready to smooth in-between the sandwiches and all over yo cake. Totally up to you whether you add a sprinkle of something, Cinnamon probably isn't a shout as sometimes it can taste a little bitter in lumps so go for something sweet like chocolate. 

The cake managed a journey on the DLR and central line at 8am with no major problems, I had anticipated cake all over my bag or even worse someone else however we made it in one piece and the classmate reviews seemed pretty strong! I really should post a track from Russell's bro Run DMC but gonna go straight for the Def Jam link and whack this on here, my main hustla and I am always feelin it Jay!