TWD - Lots of Ways of Banana Cake!!

So when Thursday rolls around, do you start thinking about what all you will do for the weekend like I do?  So it was Thursday and the question of the week was, what are we doing this weekend?  No response. Then came Friday and the same question.  We ended up dancing with our friends on Friday night and headed to the lake on Saturday.  I love to go if the weather is sunny and warm.  But if there is a hint of a storm, I would rather spend my time here at home.  We played lots of Phase Ten (Chandler's favorite) and I beat him as usual,  but he never stops trying.  :)  We grilled some corn, pork chops and asparagus.  Then the storm came.  Just as I had suspected it would.  So we drank some wine and watched Shutter Island with Leonardo Dicaprio.  I did not care for it.  Then we watched Remember Me with Robert Pattinson thinking it was a cute love story and would lift us up from Shutter and boy was I wrong - talk about depressing!  I will say Pattinson was much cuter in it than in Eclipse so at least I got some eye candy.  Ooohh and Pierce Brosnan was in it too!  Double eye candy.

Kimberly of Only Creative Opportunities chose this week's recipe Lots of Ways of Banana Cake!  Thank you Kimberly - it was a great pick!  Dorie offers several different versions to choose from.  Check out Kimberly's blog to see what fun things she has been up to, get the banana cake recipe, and see what version of it she chose!  I'm anxious to see what the other bakers did with this one too.   The choice of bananas was not very good at Publix this week.  But this recipe needed them to be a little on the mushy side anyway so that worked for me.

I chose to put blueberries in mine and leave out the coconut.  I thought it would taste like a banana nut bread, but it really is more like cake.  I put whipped cream between the layers, but not on top.  We loved it!  This one will definitely be on my rewind list.
Health tip of the week:  We all know sitting still for more than two hours at a time can increase your chances of blood clots.  Woman's Day Magazine says eating one cup of salsa before traveling on a plane can decrease those odds by 30%. 
Note from Peggy:  One cup of salsa is a pretty big snack though, right?  Yum.