Pretty Little Easy Banana Bread Loaf

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Who likes a ripe banana? I guess not too many. Come and bake this pretty little banana bread loaf with my recipe. No magic is required, absolutely easy and comes out delicious you will want to make it again and again.

Banana

The banana has to be ripe. This is necessary for the sweeter taste it will have. Also, it will be easier to mash a ripe banana with the help of a fork. Make sure you mash the banana thoroughly with no chunky pieces left.

For this recipe use 3 medium-sized ripe bananas.

How to make the Banana Bread Loaf richer

You can choose to add coarsely chopped dark chocolate, raisins, cashew, almond fillets.

Adding more spices such as ground nutmeg, cinnamon, cloves and/or ginger really boost the flavors of this banana bread loaf.

How to prepare the batter

First mix the wet ingredients in a bowl:

• Mashed ripe bananas
• Eggs (two medium eggs are enough if eggs are small add another one)
• Sunflower oil (if not available use light olive oil or melted butter)
• Vanilla extract (replace with maple syrup extract if you choose to)

Then mix the dry ingredients. You do not really need a bowl, a piece of parchment paper will also work.

• Flour. Do not forget to sift or aerate the flour. All-purpose flour will be good. If you have self-raising flour skip the baking powder.
• Baking powder.
• Chopped walnuts.
• Chopped bitter chocolate or chocolate chips.
• Sugar

You can use a mixer, a whisk or a spatula to do the mixing.

Combine the dry and wet ingredients. Mix to blend and you are ready to pour your batter into the baking pan.

What can go wrong?

If the batter is very dry add another egg or more bananas.

You do not have a loaf pan? No worries, you can use a 20cm x 20cm (8x8inch) pyrex cake pan.

Do you only have self-rising flour? No problem use it but skip the baking powder.

Your loaf has not risen enough? Lower the oven heat and keep it in the oven longer.

Resist and let your banana bread loaf cool before cutting and serving.

I hope you’ve liked my recipe. If yes, you might want to check my other cake recipes:

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Banana Bread Loaf

Easy to make, quick to finish.

Course tea time, Treats

Cuisine American

Prep Time 10 minutes minutes

Cook Time 40 minutes minutes

Resting time 15 minutes minutes

Servings 8 servings

Calories 329kcal

Equipment

• Oven

Ingredients

Dry Ingredients

• 150 grams flour
• 10 grams baking powder
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 85 grams sugar
• 40 grams walnuts optional
• 80 grams bitter chocolate optional

Wet ingredients

• 3 ripe medium-sized bananas about 390 grams unpeeled
• 60 millilitres sunflower oil
• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Instructions

• Pre-heat the oven to 180°Celsius (350° F).
• Coarsely chop the chocolate and the walnuts. Use a food processor if you like, but do not turn them into a powder.
• Mix the dry ingredients in a bowl.
• Peel and thoroughly mash the bananas with the back of a fork.
• Mix the wet ingredients in a bowl with a whisk. Pour the wet ingredients onto the dry ingredients.
• Mix thoroughly with a spatula until well combined.
• Pour the batter into a greased loaf tin.
• Bake for about 40 minutes.
• Check with a toothpich or a sharp knife. If these come out clean, this is a sign that the banana bread is ready. Remove it from the oven.
• Let rest for 15 minutes and serve.

Notes

Best pan size for this recipe is 20cm x 10 cm (8×4 inch). If not available a 23cm x 8cm (9×5 inch) will also do, but the cake will not be as tall. You can easily double the recipe. 

Feel free to add nutmeg, cloves, ginger to spice the recipe up. 

Serve with scoops of vanilla ice cream to make it even more irresistible. 

 

 

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