When I saw Chef Mireille's announcement for 'Taste of the Tropics - Banana', I knew this is the time to publish my banana recipes that have been in my drafts for quite some time now.
First up is a Banana-Chocolate two tone swirl bread. I made it for my Mother's day brunch party, so this has been in the more for over 2 months now :-) This is a very moist and delicious bread that is perfect for breakfast or a quick pick me up snack.
Recipe from here:Ingredients:
All purpose Flour - 1cup (Use 2 cups All-purpose flour if not using wholewheat pastry flour)
Wholewheat Pastry flour - 1cup
Baking Powder - 1½tsp
Baking Soda - ½tsp
Salt - ¼tsp
Ground Nutmeg - ¼tsp
Ground Cinnamon - 1/8tsp
Lemon zest - 1tsp, finely chopped
Eggs - 2 large, beaten
Ripe Bananas - 1½cups (about 4-5 medium)
Sugar - 1cup
Butter - ½cup, melted
Milk - 1tbsp
Semisweet chocolate - ¼cup, melted and cooled
Method:
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease a 9"x5" loaf pan and set aside.
- In a large bowl, combine flour (s), baking powder, lemon zest, salt, nutmeg and cinnamon. Make a well in the center of the flour mixture, set aside.
- In a medium bowl, combine eggs, mashed bananas, sugar, melted butter and milk.
- Add the wet ingredients to dry ingredients and stir just until moistened.
- Pour 1/3 of the mixture to a small bowl and fold in the melted chocolate.
- Drop alternating spoonfuls of plain and chocolate batters into the prepared pan. Using a table knife or a metal spatula, swirl around the batters to marble.
- Bake for 50-60 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.If the top seems to be browning too quickly, then cover the pan loosely with a foil tent.
- Cool the bread in the pan for 10 minutes, then remove it onto a wire rack.
