Banana Bread vs Banana Cake

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Banana Bread vs Banana Cake

Whos knows the difference, I mean really?  Seriously there is nothing ‘bread’ about banana bread except that its cooked as a loaf and sliced and often toasted like bread, and delicious with butter.  But really, in my opinion its cake baked as a loaf….

Anyway, what happened to banana cake? Everyone stopped eating it, cafes stopped selling it, and along came the reign of the banana bread.  Well, Im here to say its over.  See ya later banana bread your time is done, and welcome back banana cake.  And what better way to welcome it back that with my very own 35 second cake batter recipe.  Guaranteed deliciousness!!!

And just incase you’re not done yet, ill include my banana bread recipe too :O)

Michelles 35 second Banana Cake!

2 bananas (approx. 200-250g total)

150g raw or white sugar

2 eggs

125g butter cubed

Speed 4, 20 seconds

100g buttermilk (or 100g milk and 1tsp white wine vinegar)

250g self raising flour

1 tsp baking powder

Speed 4, 15 seconds.

Bake 170-180 35-45 mins.  Time and temp will depend on your oven.  Check with a skewer, ready when skewer comes out clean.

Suggested Icing

40g icing sugar or 40g raw sugar milled on speed 9 for 40 seconds.

50g butter

80g philly

zest of ¼ lemon using a fine grater or zester.

Insert Butterfly

Speed 4, 20 seconds.

 

Michelle’s Banana Bread/ Banana cake LOAF!

200g Light Brown sugar

2 eggs

200g bananas peeled weight (approx. 2), broken roughly into quarters

280g Plain Flour

1 tsp baking powder

3 finger pinch of salt

1tsp bi carb soda

1 tsp cinnamon

1 tsp ginger powder

140g unsalted butter

Preheat oven to 170, or 160 fan forced.

Place butter into TM bowl and melt on 37degrees, speed 1 until fully melted.

Remove to a separate bowl.

Now insert whisk and add to TM bowl the eggs and sugar.

Beat on speed 2 for 1 minute.

Add bananas through hole in the lid and beat for 30 seconds on speed 3.

Add all dry ingredients and mix speed 1 for 20 seconds.

Pour in melted butter and mix a further 20 seconds on speed 1.

Scrape into a baking paper lined load tin and bake for 1 hour or until a skewer comes out clean.

Allow to cool to room temp, remove from tin and continue to cool in the fridge.

When cool, slice and eat either cool or toasted, both ways are nice lathered in butter.

Suggestion,

To change up the flavours, remove ginger and replace with mixed spice.

Banana can also be replaced with blue berries for a blueberry loaf, in which case I would leave out the spices and add a tsp of vanilla essence or a scaped vanilla bean. I would also sprinkle some berries into the tin before adding the batter, so they end up on the top of the loaf once cooked.