What do kids and adults like?

Tea at Tessa's today so thought I'd bake a cake. She's got two kids - Tom who's 6 and Flora who's 4. What will they like? Probably not a plum cake so those plums will have to continue going off. Can't think of an apple cake, so ditto the three apples in the fruit bowl. Don't have the cream cheese for one of my favourite cakes - Ottolenghi's carrot cake... mmmm.

Do however have two going over-ripe bananas which I'm not going to eat as I like mine almost underripe. And I've got my new Nigel Slater book and I know he likes cakes. Perfect - Nigel's chocolaty banana cake. Easy to make too!

Flora and Tom declared it delicious and banana cake was their favourite cake. So all round winner. It was light, moist and full of flavour - maybe I'm finally understanding when to take a cake out the oven?

Then it was off to Hereford Road (http://www.herefordroad.org/) to appease the adult taste buds with their lovely British rustic cooking - quality seasonal produce beautifully cooked with great wine. Only thing I'd say is that I'd have preferred my treacle tart warm.