2013 Cooking Club Week 10: Banana Bread

fitzcoff

Best of luck with it, it's a easy recipe and tastes delicious

meoklmrk91

So I finally got around to making it today, lovely easy recipe, only had 2 small bananas as the 3rd was a little two far gone, definitely needs the extra banana, love the walnuts, gives fantastic texture, like little surprises, oh I also forgot to get brown sugar so used white instead doesn't seem to have ruined it or anything. As I live alone I think that I will have enough banana bread to do me until Xmas, one and a half loaves are gone into the freezer.

Great recipe, highly recommend!

Addle

I also tried this recipe lately with great success.

Have made these a few times - but never posted up the results! Great recipe OP. I have tried a few different recipes and this is the only one I've found which doesn't leave a soggy bottom for the muffin cases.

fitzcoff

They look great, I love the cases, where did you get them

fitzcoff

fitzcoff wrote: »

They look great, I love the cases, where did you get them

I need to find that out myself! Have just run out of them. My wife swears they were from a homeware place near st. Stephens Green, but I have doubts. If I remember I'll let you know!

meoklmrk91

Dónal wrote: »

Have made these a few times - but never posted up the results! Great recipe OP. I have tried a few different recipes and this is the only one I've found which doesn't leave a soggy bottom for the muffin cases.

Definitely going to do one loaf and the rest as muffins next time, muffins much handier for taking for lunch, they are so pretty!

Michellenman

You can get the cases in kitchen compliments on south anne street in Dublin. I have gorgeous teal and white checked ones

Going to give these a go over the weekend I reckon!

saggycaggy

I'm pretty useless at baking but made this yesterday and it turned out perfect:) if I do say so myself!
I'm having some at work now with my cuppa.

Thanks for the recipe.

meoklmrk91

Just took half a loaf out of the freezer yesterday as I felt like something cakey, just had some there now, it freezes incredibly well!

fitzcoff

meoklmrk91 wrote: »

Just took half a loaf out of the freezer yesterday as I felt like something cakey, just had some there now, it freezes incredibly well!

I would often have a batch of buns/muffins in the freezer , real handy for unexpected visitors. Stick them into the microwave or just leave them out to defrost.

Caroleia

thanks for this recipe - I've tried it a few times now and its never let me down!

zzxx

Made these today, delicious. Thanks OP!

juke

Made muffins from the recipe today - cooling at present. I used a mix of gluten free four/oat flour, and doubled the baking powder. Also used butter. Didn't have enough walnuts so mixed in some hazelnuts. Smell delish.

For those that care, I've made 12, they work out at about 350 calories each :eek:

Thanks OP

shhling

Planning on making this today and I have just noticed that I don't have any brown sugar. Could I use caster instead?

Faith

I've never actually had banana bread. Is it more like a cake or what's the story? How would you eat it?

saggycaggy

Faith wrote: »

I've never actually had banana bread. Is it more like a cake or what's the story? How would you eat it?[/quote

Would you call it a tea cake?? I just like a slice with a cup of tea but my sister likes to toast it with butter.

shhling

shhling wrote: »

Planning on making this today and I have just noticed that I don't have any brown sugar. Could I use caster instead?

Back after using the caster sugar instead of brown even so the muffins and bread look and smell amazing. Can't wait until they cool.

fitzcoff

I've used caster and/or brown sugar when making it and I never really found much of a difference.

It's not really a bread as such I find it is more a muffin texture.

dipdip

Faith wrote: »

I've never actually had banana bread. Is it more like a cake or what's the story? How would you eat it?

It's a cake. Usually sweet and light, and best served with a hot drink. It's a tea loaf, as has been said, as opposed to a dessert. It's great and you can have it just how you like it, too. I like to throw in dark chocolate and glacé cherries.

Mrs Fox

Just out of the oven. Smells amazing. Just what I need, with a cup of coffee.

bigronnie9

Girlfriend made this last night, kitchen smelled unreal after it and (from what she told me) it was easy to make.

All I know is that it is delicious with a cuppa tea!

Skill Magill

bigronnie9 wrote: »

Girlfriend made this last night, kitchen smelled unreal after it and (from what she told me) it was easy to make.

All I know is that it is delicious with a cuppa tea!

BigRon thanks for bringing up cool zombie threads, I love banana bread, there was/is a bakery on Moore Street called the Paris Bakery where I got it first and the bread was demolished by my family. I'm gonna bake this tomorrow

bigronnie9

Skill Magill wrote: »

BigRon thanks for bringing up cool zombie threads, I love banana bread, there was/is a bakery on Moore Street called the Paris Bakery where I got it first and the bread was demolished by my family. I'm gonna bake this tomorrow

Did you get a chance to make this? We had another batch last week, the smell around the house after is unreal!

juke

I just put a batch in the oven - trying the mix in a muffin tray to see how it works :pac:

Skill Magill

bigronnie9 wrote: »

Did you get a chance to make this? We had another batch last week, the smell around the house after is unreal!

Bigron, not yet, i waited for the bananas to go off so I could mush them down, but they were scoffed before hand, will try again over the weekend

rocoso

dont understand that form of crap.....

Skill Magill

rocoso wrote: »

dont understand that form of crap.....

I can enlighten you, if only I knew what you're on about :rolleyes:

Dizzyblonde

rocoso wrote: »

dont understand that form of crap.....

Please don't bother posting unless you have something constructive to add. Being uncivil will only earn you an infraction.

Sapphire

Back on topic - I recently tried banana bread with pecans and toffee chunks through it.

Oh my word...