Marie Cookpad

  One thing we both really enjoy in our house is Banana Loaf. I always buy extra bananas so that I can make one for us to enjoy with hot cuppas now and then.  Usually half of it gets given away or thrown out because we can't get it all eaten.   Today I managed to cut my recipe in half and bake a really lovely one for just two people.  I was really pleased with how it turned out and couldn't wait to share it with you.   You will need a small loaf tin for this.  I have one that is about 7 by 3 by 2 inches and it worked well. It was the perfect size.   It rose really nice and tall.  I like to blitz my bananas for banana loaf with my stick blender.  It gets them nice and smooth.  I used two quite small ones.   Todd loves his bananas.  I always have hide a couple so that I can make banana bread, or else there would never be any left to make one.   And I do really enjoy a banana bread.  You don't often catch me eating a ban...

     This is probably one of my favourite Banana Breads. It is the one I used to make for my boss when I worked at the Manor.  The Mr loved it for breakfast in the mornings.   For him I would have to toast it beneath the grill in the toaster oven until it was golden brown and crisp on the edges, almost burnt, but not quite.  He wanted it very crisp.   After that I would lay slivers of cold sweet butter onto its surface and serve it to him on a hot plate while the butter was still melting down into those crisp edges and golden surface . . .  he really did enjoy it.   No small wonder as it is a truly beautiful banana bread.  Moist and rich.  It is the sour cream that makes it so  . . .    He liked it with toasted pecan nuts . . .  I prefer it with toasted English walnuts  . . .  a love that hearkens back to my father's own love for walnuts  . . . maple walnut was his favourite ice cream.  As it ...

  Okay so you might be asking yourself, do you really need another Banana Bread???  I say YES!  You can never have too many Banana Bread Recipes!    Especially when they are as moist and flavourful as this one!  Stogged full of lovely banana flavours and chocolate chips, this spells W I N N E R all round!    I have a multitude of Banana Breads on here.   Each one is  quite different than the rest and all are delicious in their own right.   Plain old Banana Bread, Nutella Banana Bread, Chocolate Marbled,  Sour Cream, Oat Topped, etc.  They are all very good.   This recipe I am sharing today boasts a sour cream batter . . .  sour cream makes for a very moist batter  . . .   The only leavening in it is some bicarbonate of soda.  When you are using something acidic like sour cream or plain yogurt (and by the way you can also use the equivalent amount of yogurt in this recipe instead of the sour c...

  Todd was just getting ready to throw the latest lot of over-ripe bananas the other day into the bin when I rescued them. Don't throw them away, I said!  They are perfect for baking with!  I had been eye balling a recipe for a Chocolate Marbled Banana Bread in a book I have which is entitled The Best of Cooking Light, published by Oxmoor House in 2004.   Its a recipe I had been eyeballing for a very long time, but had never gotten around to baking until this week. Chocolate and Banana are two flavours that go very well together. And at only 183 calories per slice, with less 5g of fat, it looked like a bread that someone who was watching the calories and fat could treat themselves to.  Its a bit too high in the sugar department for me to indulge in however. That doesn't stop Todd from enjoying it though!   It is a very simple make.   A cup of sugar gets creamed together with a small amount of butter. The original recipe suggested egg substitute, b...