The one thing one should do with old bananas. Easy and delicious.

Ingredients:

  • 113 grams salted butter

  • 150 grams sugar

  • 3 ripe bananas

  • 2 eggs

  • 1 small teaspoon vanilla extract

  • 1 tablespoon milk

  • walnuts (optional)

  • cooking chocolate1

  • 240 grams flour

  • 1 teaspoon baking powder

  • 1 teaspoon baking soda

  • one big pinch of cayenne pepper (optional)

Preparation:

  • lightly soften the butter in a microwave2

  • mix the sugar in

  • mix and mash the bananas in3

  • mix in the eggs

  • mix in the vanilla and milk

  • chop the walnuts and add to taste

  • chop the chocolate and add to taste

  • mix the flour, baking powder, baking soda and cayenne paper in, until just barely integrated

Cooking:

  • pour in a buttered pan
  • cook 1h10 in a 325F (180C) oven4
  • let cool down to room temperature before serving

Credits:

This is my take on Chef John’s Banana Bread.

  1. Not much, this is not a chocolate cake. ↩︎

  2. Or let it sit at room temperature. ↩︎

  3. The banana will not mix well with the fat, this is fine and normal. ↩︎

  4. Or until done in your oven. ↩︎