Got overripe bananas? STOP! Don’t throw them into the bin. Instead, gather all the listed ingredients and pop them into this banana bread recipe. This guilt free bread can be enjoyed anytime of the day, literary! Have it first thing in the morning, after all it is a bread, fair enough! winks*

Banayna or ba-nana: Don’t Go bananas!

So whether it’s banayna as per American-English or ba-nana according to British-English, You’ll definitely go bananas for this simple yet comforting recipe. It’s by far the very best Banana bread, ever! It has a rich, moist and tender crumb and it fills the air with its warm, amazing caramelized nutty scent. I posted Chocolate Banana Muffins recipe a while back, you can check it out if you like. Plus this can be fun, sneaky/healthy way of making your kids eat bananas if they are not a fan of it. Or you could tell them minions love bananas, maybe they’ll like them too. Just a thought.

Banana Bread or Banana cake

Why this one’s called banana bread instead of banana cake is debatable and trust me it had its fair share of disagreement. The answer however is more vague than you think. But, in my oh-so-humble opinion the answer lies in the method, how you are preparing the batter plus the outcome you get. Banana cake incorporates buttermilk or sour cream along with flour mix and has a more cake like light texture, more fluffy/cakey than banana bread. Banana bread however has a more dense, rich and moist texture. But hey who cares if it’s a piece of cake or a slice of loaf, if it tastes, smells and looks heavenly, lemme have it.

The Secret To Awesome Banana Bread:

Banana breads are awesome and they like to keep it that way. And the secret to awesomelicious banana bread is that there is no secret. I’m kidding. Here are some of the key notes you need to check which will either make or break your banana bread’s awesomeness.

1. Only use ripe or over-ripe bananas. You know the ones that give you the feel that they need to be thrown away, that kinda blackish banana’s. If you so wanna try out this recipe but can’t wait bananas to ripe, try the simple technique in notes.
2. Cream butter and sugar for at least 3-5 minutes or until it has a creamy pale yellow consistency.
3. Once you’re folding flour into the batter, do not over-mix, just mix till you see no traces of flour anymore.
4. Go Nuts. Walnuts add an unexpected crunch and nutty flavor to this bread. So, if you are not allergic to them, I would definitely suggest you add them. Or if you don’t like walnuts you can go ahead and add crushed almonds or any other nut of your liking. But remember the old adage:  walnuts are good for your brain, gives me another reason to add them to my banana bread.
5. Very Imp: As soon as you take the banana bread out of the oven, don’t take it out of the baking pan. Instead wrap the cake (still inside the baking pa)n into a clean clothe or pop it into the cellophane bag and tie the ends. Bring it to room temperature before inverting and taking it out the pan.

Variations:

1. You can slice bananas instead of mashing them.
2. Try it with chocolate chips or chocolate chunks.
3. Would love to try it in upside banana bread / cake form too, some day though.
4. Replace brown sugar with caster sugar.
5. You can bake it into a bundt pan, round pan, flower pan or banana shaped pan if you like 🙂
6. You can eat it plain, or frost it with your favorite frosting. Caramel and cream cheese frosting work best with banana bread but that’s totally up to you. we used caramel icing in shots above and heart it.

Possibilities are endless so please share your experiences with us.

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