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Monday, August 16, 2010

[Soft & Moist] Joanie's Banana Bread 琼妮老太太的香蕉蛋糕

食谱是在网络搜索时无意中看到的,据说是来自一位热爱烘培的老太太,所以蛋糕以她的名字命名。我喜欢有故事的东西,食谱收了一年多了(早在还没有开始这个部落格的时候)但它并没有被我遗忘,买齐材料后终于在上星期的国庆假日动手。

临时计划有变要赶着出门,所以我省略了原本要放的核桃(要切碎比较费时),随手抓了把杏仁片撒在面糊上,出来的效果也蛮不错的。

网络上对这蛋糕的评语极佳,这蛋糕并没有让我失望。蛋糕极其松软湿润,还有非常香浓的香蕉味(选用马来西亚香蕉,Del Monte不是我的那杯茶)。这食谱值得收藏,我一定会再做。

原食谱用了部分全麦面粉,我担心家人不喜欢,所以改为全面粉。不管了下次做我要加入全麦面粉,我喜欢nutty的口感。


我把食谱翻译成英文,中文食谱请看原著

Sharing my adapted recipe from here.

Ingredients:
(A)
½ cup (115g) butter (soften at room temperature)
1 cup sugar (depends on sweetness of the bananas used)(I cut down to 120g and used partial brown sugar)
(B)
2 eggs (lightly beaten)
(C)
1¼ cup mashed bananas (I used about 8 small bananas)
½ cup sour cream or yogurt (one small tub of yogurt is just nice)
1 tsp vanilla extract
(D)
1 cup plain flour }
½ cup whoemeal flour } total I used 200g plain flour
1 tsp baking powder
1½ tsp cinnamon powder
Pinch of salt (optional, not in original recipe)
(E)
1 cup nuts (any nut of your choice, chopped and pre-toasted)(I omitted this and sprinkled some almond flakes on top instead)

Method:
1) Line and grease a 9"x5" loaf pan. Combine (D) and mix well. Preheat oven to 175C.
2) Beat (A) till fluffy. Add (B) bit by bit. Mix well before each addition.
3) Add (C), mix well. Sift in (D) in a few sessions, beat at low speed till just incorporated.
4) Fold in (E) with a spatula. Bake for 50 - 60 mins till cooked (a skewer inserted and comes out clean). Leave in pan for a few mins, unmould and cool on wire rack.


Note:
1) Use very ripe bananas for a more yummy cake.
2) Total amount of mashed bananas and sour cream/yogurt equal to 1-3/4 cups, can use more bananas and less sour cream/yogurt or vice versa.
3) I will try to use 2 small loaf pans or a bigger pan next time to cut down the baking time (can enjoy the cake earlier and also to save electricity cost).
4) I ran out of cinnamon powder so I only added whatever leftover, probably less than ½ tsp only, so the cinnamon taste is not prominent.

I end this post with a snap shot of Lucius taken last night. Happy baking!

29 comments:

  1. Hayırlı haftalar. Ellerinize sağlık. Çok leziz görünüyor.

    Saygılar.

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  2. 这蛋糕真的看起来很诱人呢,我都好想咬一大口哦~~

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  3. Looks very moist and full of banana goodness Angel! Thanks for sharing!
    Lucius is so cute! Love his big bright eyes!

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  4. a nice banana cake, this remind me i have so long did not bake one, tomorrow I gonna to bake one.

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  5. 呵呵。。。我正好明天要买香蕉,可以做这个食普喽。你是用全部plain flour吗?

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  6. Whoah got to try this recipe soon! Looks so good~~~!
    and your son is definitely cute!! Such innocent look and eyes~~~~~~~

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  7. Hi everyone, thanks for your lovely comments.

    Sonia,
    Looking forward to reading your post about the banana cake soon.

    Anncoo,
    Yes, I used all plain flour but I'd like to try using partial wholemeal flour next time.

    Coraine,
    Ya, you got to try this. Do let me know the verdict. :-)

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  8. 评语这么好,那我一定要试一试。。。谢谢你的分享!!我喜欢香蕉蛋糕出炉的那一刻。。。超香的。。。

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  9. your boy looks adorable. remind me of a taiwan actor ethan ruan (no offence if you dun like tt actor)... haha

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  10. 香蕉蛋糕一定很好吃 ^_^
    Lucius 这张照片蛮成熟的窝

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  11. 蓝色小厨,
    这蛋糕在烤是满室充满香蕉的香气,真想出炉后就马上来一口。

    hanushi,
    I think Ethan is cure, I like his acting. U guess what, my husband also ever said so and I told him he must look too high on our son. Hahaha.

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  12. neyeeloh,
    这蛋糕在美国叫“bread”,属于比较dense那种,不是很fluffy的,是我喜欢的口感,不止当甜点,也可以当早餐。

    Lucius哦,看照片很多人都说有成熟look,我这个妈咪就常说他“臭老”。哇哈哈!

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  13. Thanks for sharing this recipe, I will try it using wholemeal flour and hope it will turn out great as well.

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  14. 有一天我要把你独家食谱称为angela phua食谱
    那么酿酒创立有故事的食谱

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  15. Min,

    I also plan to use wholemeal flour next time but I have another banana cake recipe to try, so got to wait.

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  16. Sock Peng,

    那我就等你帮我发扬光大。不过,少了“老太太”字眼很像就少了很多故事性。

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  17. hihi..

    do u start to feed ur boy cereal already ? any good brand to recommend ? Thanks

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  19. Hi Jessica,

    I only want to start solid for my boy after he is 6 months old (full 6 months), that will be the coming Wed. I have yet to purchased any cereal for my boy yet. May try Nestle as it is quite commonly seen in supermarket and my frd's girl is having that also.

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  20. Is this all the ingredients need to be double up if i want to bake for 8.5" square pan??
    Please advice

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  21. Anonymous,

    Sorry for the late reply. I have missed out your comment earlier.

    I think for 8.5" square pan you need at least 1.5 times of the recipe amount. Remember to adjust the oven temp and baking time accordingly.

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  22. Hihi. I would like to ask how much is 1 cup of flour? is it 250g?

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  23. Anonymous,

    One cup of all-purpose flour is abour 128g. You may refer to the below link for conversion.

    http://allrecipes.com//HowTo/cup-to-gram-conversions/Detail.aspx

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  24. paisei paisei, me again :-p

    I just did this recipe but hor, the texture like kueh lei.... how?

    Don't know what I did wrong also...

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    1. Hi lihuan,

      Sorry I am not sure what went know. Did u add baking powder?

      This is done by normal creaming method. Assuming your baking powder is working, just need to make sure you cream the butter well and follow the steps, for step 3 & 4 make sure don't over mix. Try again. I am sure you can have a perfect cake next time.

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    2. Thanks Angel, I think I did not cream enough. Must cream till what stage?

      Though texture unlike your pic, the review I got so far are quite positive! haha.... They said the flavour is good! :-D

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    3. Hi lihuan,

      Just cream till colour turn pale and feel that the butter is light.

      Ya, anything baked with bananas will be very tsty.

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