(Why this picture of my grandparents? One of those layers is this recipe! Really! My grandfather LOVES bananas, chocolate, and peanut butter, preferably combined. For their combined 80th Birthday/59th Anniversary extravaganza a few years ago…yes, those three things all fall on the same day…I recreated their original wedding cake, seen in the picture, with their favorite flavors: lemon poppyseed, banana/chocolate chip/peanut butter swirl, and dark chocolate. That is their actual original wedding topper on top! It was a hot day so it had started to fall a bit by this point, but it was delicious!)
I make this recipe fairly regularly over on Twitch.tv/Nascmile in various forms, if you want to check it out!
Any sort of thick mashed fruit works for this. If you use one with extra sugar, i.e. pie filling or some applesauces, reduce the sugar in the recipe accordingly.
This is a treat bread. It is delightful and yummy and, if you want it to be healthier, you can literally halve the sugar, or skip the sugar and water and replace it with 150 g. maple syrup (or less if you want it more muffin-like), and it will still be fantastic. You can also use half whole-wheat/almond flour, or all sorts of other ways to change it up. Recipes should become your own, have fun with it!
Ingredients:
- 450 g. flour
- 2 g. baking powder
- 12 g. baking soda
- 6 g. salt
- 6-18 g. spices (optional; ground cloves, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, and five spice are all excellent)
- 4ish mashed bananas or one can/425 g. pure pumpkin
- 200 g. oil (vegetable or canola is fine, or whatever you bake with)
- 300 g. sugar
- 4 eggs
- 115 g. water
- Optional: toffee pieces, chocolate chips, peanut butter to swirl, nuts, etc.
Preheat oven to 350 F/175 C. In medium bowl whisk dry ingredients – flour, powder, soda, salt, spices. In large bowl, whisk all other wet ingredients until glossy. Whisk in dry until just combined, then stir in chunky ingredients if using. Bake in well-greased bread tins or cupcake pans or cake pan. I like doubling it, adding extra chocolate chips, baking it in a bundt pan, then topping with salted caramel or toffee, and serving it like cake!
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