January 31, 2008: Banana Bread

bubble slice is embarrassing... peculiarly when you lot see that we were away without access to it for 3 of those days! Determined that my side past times side circular of baking would hold upwards less cheeky, I picked out a recipe for mum's recipe for banana cake, though closer inspection reveals differing quantities of saccharide together with rising agents. I'm ever corking to comprise wholemeal flour into my snack baking, but convey been concerned nigh elementary exchange leading to dry, leaden results. So alongside Nicole's recipe already specifying wholemeal flour I was create to go!

This banana staff of life does convey that wholesome, filling lineament but it's non at all leaden. While it's non precisely fluffy, it does retain that cakey consistency I was hoping for. Yes it's a fleck patently together with unexciting to photograph - I mightiness stretch to throwing inward roughly walnuts side past times side time, but there'll hold upwards no chocolate chips or icing for my banana bread. This way, it supplies all the comfort together with nourishment I want.

Oh, together with i other thing: I was impatient together with used ripe, rather than over-ripe bananas. Fifteen minutes inward a moderate oven had them perfectly dark together with squishy for mashing. I got the persuasion from this much to a greater extent than naughty banana recipe.

Banana bread

125g butter
1 loving cup dark-brown sugar
2 eggs
3 bananas, mashed (aim for nigh 1 cup, I had a fleck more)
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 cups wholemeal flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 loving cup chopped walnuts, optional

Preheat the oven to 180 degrees C together with grease a small-medium loaf pan.

Cream the butter together with saccharide together inward a large bowl. Beat inward the eggs, banana together with vanilla.

Sift together the flour, baking soda together with common salt into a kind out bowl, together with then stir them into the butter mix. Add the walnuts, if you're using them.

Pour the batter into the loaf pan together with bake for 45-60 minutes. Nicole specifies the amount hour, but I establish that mine took a lot less time!