American banana bread (banana bread, English) is a traditional popular pastry in modern North American cuisine. In fact, it is a sweet cupcake, the main ingredient for the preparation of which are ripe bananas. Banana bread is also popular in Australia. It contains a large amount of carbohydrates, so it can be recommended as a good source of energy for prolonged intense work (heavy physical work, some sports, for example, a marathon).
The recipe for banana bread
Probably, the recipe for the preparation of banana cupcakes was formed by the end of the 18th century and became more widespread by the end of the 19th century - by that time favorable conditions for rapid transportation of perishable products had been created in North America. It can be confidently asserted that the recipe appeared exactly no later than 1933 (it was this year that the first publication of the banana bread recipe in one of the North American cookbooks was recorded). Later, various variations of the recipe appeared and even ready powdered mixtures for baking this popular dessert began to be sold.
Cooking banana bread
How to cook banana bread in American style? To make a banana cake, you need mature bananas, wheat flour (preferably whole wheat from solid wheat varieties), natural butter, milk, chicken eggs, sugar (preferably brown reed) and baking powder. You can also use oatmeal or ground oat flakes. With lactose intolerance, milk can be replaced with soy milk or soft tofu. You can also add in the dough candied fruits, ground nuts, dried fruits and some spices (cinnamon, vanillin, saffron). Bananas are best used for ripe, with a darkened skin.
Banana bread: a classic recipe
So, banana bread. The recipe is simple.
Ingredients:
- 4-6 bananas (depends on the size);
- 3 chicken eggs;
- 30 ml of rum;
- gram 300 wheat flour;
- 200 g of natural butter;
- 100 g of sugar;
- gram 80-100 ground nuts (any);
- on a pinch of vanilla and cinnamon;
- a pinch of salt;
- a pinch of soda, extinguished with vinegar - as a baking powder.
Preparation:
Stage one - prepare the dough for banana bread. We will peel the bananas from the peel, crush the pulp in a bowl, mix it with eggs and softened butter. Add vanilla, cinnamon and rum. We mix carefully and we will gradually add flour, necessarily sifted - so the cupcake will turn out more magnificent. Add a pinch of salt, a pinch of soda, vinegar and sugar. You can knead mass with your hands, but you can use a mixer or blender. We will add in the dough the ground nuts (we shall leave for a covering a small amount). Nuts should not be ground too finely - the heterogeneous texture of the dough in this case is more preferable.
Stage two - we bake bread
How to bake banana bread? Most often, rectangular shapes are used for this, however this is not fundamental, any forms for cupcakes or mini-cakes are suitable. The form must be oiled. You can, of course, spread a form of oiled baking paper. Now pour the dough into the mold
Ready to eat a delicious and aromatic banana cake is better to serve a little cold. You can eat it simply as a pie or spread butter on it, fruit puree, jam, jam, confiture. To the banana cake you can serve tea, coffee, cocoa, mate, rooibos, lapacho, compote, milk drinks.