Banana Bread

I can't say it enough, banana bread is always a good idea, an instant hit at every table. Not only that they are simple and easy to make, but they are also oh so good. I am not a fan of bananas but I am totally a sucker for banana bread!

Ingredients


You will need: 

  • 2 to 3 very ripe bananas, peeled
  • 1/2 tsp. Lemon juice
  • 1cup + 2 tbsp. sifted all purpose flour
  • 3/4th tsp. Baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp. Baking soda
  • 1/4 tsp. Cinnamon powder (optional)
  • Salt
  • 1 egg
  • 6 tbsp. Oil or 8 tbsp. butter (soft)
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 1/4 cup buttermilk
  • 2 – 3 drops of vanilla essence

Instructions

You will do:

1.) Preheat the oven to 170°C.
2).Mash the bananaas thoroughly until it turns into fine paste with least lumps.
3). Into it add the lemon juice and set aside.
4). Mix all the dry ingredients together in a bowl.
5). Into another bowl add egg and sugar and beat for a few minutes until they are mixed well and the color of egg lightens. Then add the banana mixture, oil, buttermilk, vanilla essence and beat until well mixed.
6). Now keep away the beater coz it’s time to slowly fold in the dry ingredients using a spatula.
7). Add the dry ingredients in stages gently folding in continuously. Its important you shouldn’t overmix. Overmixing simply dries up your cake. So if you want your cake moist just mix until the flour is well incorporated.
8). Grease a loaf tin and pour in the batter.
9). Finally bake until a wooden skewer or knife  inserted in the middle comes out clean. For me it took 1 hour perfect. Might slightly vary depending upon your oven.

Tips
  • Add ½ cup of chocolate chips for extra sweet :)
  • If you’re using a wider round cake pan increase the temperature to 180 and lower the baking time to 30 minutes.
  • Let it cool completely before you take it out of the tin. You have the super moist banana cake ready.
  • The recipe called for 1/4 cup of butter milk so i added 1/2 tsp. of white vinegar into 1/4 cup of warm(not hot) milk and kept aside for 10 minutes and tadaaaa you have the buttermilk ready. You can also substitute lemon juice instead of white vinegar in the same amount.
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