The Perfect Banana Bread
A tested recipe for the best Banana Bread.
Servings 1 Banana Bread
Ingredients
- 320 grams Flour Sifted
- 7.5 grams Baking Powder
- 2 grams Salt
- 480 grams Banana "before peeling" 4 meduim sized
- 4 grams Lemon Juice
- 300 grams Sugar
- 110 grams Eggs 2 eggs
- 105 grams Oil corn or sunflower
- 50 grams Hazlenuts Roasted
For the Ganache
- 75 grams Dark Chocolate chopped
- 75 grams Cream
Instructions
Pre-preperation
- Preheat the oven to 170 °C. Line your bread pan with baking paper.
- Roast the Hazelnuts.
- Mix the salt, flour and baking powder and sift.
For the cake
- Peel the banana and using a food processor blend with the lemon juice.
- In a bowl whisk the eggs and the sugar for 5 minutes till it is incorporated. Add in the oil and mix again then follow with the banana puree.
- Fold in all the dry ingredients and then add the nuts leaving 10 or 12 pieces to place on top.
- Place the batter in the lined baking pan, place the spared 12 pieces of hazelnuts on top.
- Bake for 55 minutes or till a tester inserted in the center comes out clean.
For the Ganache
- In a sauce pan, heat the cream
- Place the hopped chocolate in a bowl and pour the hot cream on top.
- Using a spatual mix till all the chocolate is melted.
- Leave on the side to cool down and thickens a bit more. Drizzle the cake with the ganache once it cools.