shaziya'srecipes: BASIC BANANA BREAD RECIPE/BANANA CAKE RECIPE

Tuesday 29 August 2017

BASIC BANANA BREAD RECIPE/BANANA CAKE RECIPE

This is a basic banana bread recipe,which is so simple and easy to make. Tastes and smells absolutely divine. My house filled with very nice aroma while baking this cake. Some ripened bananas starring at from few days and immediately this recipe came to my mind and baked yummy banana bread. I'm so happy that everyone loved it a lot. It turned so soft and moist.This recipe calls for cinnamon powder but I'm ran out of it and I used vanilla essence instead.follow the exact measurements and recipe to bake perfect banana bread.

I hope you will give this a try and let me know how it turned out for you.

My 1 cup measures 200 ml

Need 9 by 5 inch loaf pan

Ingredients :

Ripe bananas : Medium size : 5 to 6 or 3 to 4 large bananas

Butter : 100 grams

Sugar : 3/4 cup/145 grams(powdered)

All purpose flour/maida : 2 cups/200 grams

Baking soda : 1 tea spoon

Salt : 1/4 tea spoon

Vanilla essence or cinnamon powder : 1 tea spoon

Eggs : 2

Chopped almonds and walnuts : 1/4 cup(optional)

Method :

Grease loaf pan with butter well and keep a side.

Now take ripe bananas, peel the skin and mash them well and keep a side.

Now take flour, add baking soda and salt, mix it well and keep a side.

Now take a mixing bowl,add butter and cream it well(make sure butter is at room temperature)

Now add powdered sugar and whisk it well until it becomes lite and fluffy.

Now add eggs and whisk it well, if mixture cuddles also no problem,continue the process.

Now add vanilla essence and mix it well.

Now add mashed banana and mix it well.

Now sift flour mixture into wet ingredients and mix without lumps.add nuts and mix gently.

Now pour this into a loaf pan and bake at 180 degrees Celsius for 50 to 60 minutes in preheated oven.(preheat oven at 180 degrees Celsius for 10 minutes)

Now let it cool for some time and demould it and let it cool completely on wire rack.

Slice and serve.