Swan's Down (Chocolate Cake)

Extremely laborious in today's instant cake mix age, but well worth the effort if you have an appreciative audience who loves cake. This has traditionally been the birthday cake made for my sister and my birthdays, and for Aditya whenever my mom has been in town.

Banana cake/bread with cream cheese frosting

Recipe got off Food.com, posted by Rhonda J - great reviews but haven't tried it out yet. Baking time may increase based on individual ovens... can vary by almost 40 mins to an hour

Biscuit Layer Cake - An Old Faithful

Ingredients:

• Marie Biscuits - 2 packets (Can't make this without Marie biscuits!)
• Amul butter - 100 gms (any salted table butter will do)
• Cocoa Powder  - 4 tablespoons (Cadbury's will be lighter, Hersheys makes it too dark)
• Instant Coffee powder - 1 teaspoon
• Powdered Sugar - 250 gms (If you are using Castor Sugar, use a little more)
• Icing Sugar - 100 gms
• Vanilla essence - 1 1/2 teaspoon