Banana bread

[Fuschia]

Does anyone have a good recipe?

[Pickle]

The recipe we use (that you ate last Monday) is:

http://simplyrecipes.com/recipes/banana_bread/

P x

[candj]

Mark Bittman's banana bread is made about once a week in my house when I have saved up enough rotting black bananas. It's the dessicated coconut that does it for me, and I substitute pecans for the walnuts (because I don't like walnuts).

Enjoy!

[Knomester]

This is my recipe Fuschia:

http://thegingergourmand.blogspot.com/2010/01/banana-walnut-cake.html

You can leave the walnuts out or substitute for pecans or even chocolate chunks (dark works best) if you like. It's a really moist loaf cake.

[Fuschia]

My goodness! I feel obliged to road test them all, now. Though I think I have the ingredients in for the last.

Candj, what's all purpose flour? Plain or SR?

[Fuschia]

Now, I just need a similar recipe with apple or pineapple (son no 1 doesn't like bananas and will be miffed if we make a cake he can't eat!)

[candj]

I think all purpose flour is plain but I've been known to use whatever I have on hand and have never noticed a difference.

[buggie]

Fuschia, should get him to try a bit (maybe be sneaky and not tell him the ingredients) I don't like bananas, but bought a banana and date cake before christmas and found it yummy - the banana added moisture rather than flavour!

[Fuschia]

maybe try half banana ha;f apple!

[LoopyMum]

Our eldest detests bananas with a passion, where as the youngest two are happy to eat a whole bag in one sitting.

Funny.

Half apple and half banana with a sprinkle of cinnamon should do the trick - he won't notice the difference !

[Fuschia]

lm, ours are just the same!

[kateland]

banana cake bake off...lets do it!

having a fun day at dog kennel hill adventure playground in feb half term week (more details to come) why dont we have some kind of east dulwich cake bake off...sell some cakes, maybe a lil competition....recipe swapping day?

[candj]

Fuschia, you definitely can improvise with the banana bread. In your case for your son, I would use dried apples or any other dried fruit. I've added 1/2 cup of dried blueberries, sultanas or whatever other dried fruit and it works perfectly.

And it really isn't that much banana flavour, but more moisture.