Banana bread is one of my favourite things. There’s something to be said about the consistency of a banana bread, so intriguingly named because it’s actually more like a cake than bread but can be toasted like bread and with some salted butter on the side and a cup of coffee – ah, delicious! Some amazing banana-based recipes for you: Banana bread recipe with eggs Banana cake with cream cheese frosting Eggless banana chocolate cake Oatmeal cookies with banana and choc chips I baked my first banana bread with macadamia and it was a wonderful coincidence because the banana bread I tasted on my first visit to Australia was also a macadamia banana bread, so perfect and delicious. As you can see, I am a huge fan and can go on and on describing it. Pretty much every cafe in Australia would serve you a version, sometimes even multiple versions, of banana bread toasted on request with butter on the side. It’s really easy to bake your own though, and the options to add different nuts, chips, flavours, etc are endless. This is a classic eggless banana bread recipe. Don’t be fooled by the dense-looking slices of banana bread in the first pictures. It’s quite spongy but holds its shape when sliced or toasted. Also, don’t be like me and use the right-sized loaf pan for square slices. I halved a recipe meant for my 9×5 loaf pan and got a shallow loaf which makes the banana bread look more like bars. Original recipe is from here. STEP BY STEP BANANA BREAD RECIPE (EGGLESS) Use very ripe bananas for banana bread. The kind with almost black skins and squishy on touch are best. If in India, use the larger bananas. Puree bananas to a smooth pulp before measuring. Add banana pulp to a bowl and add melted butter. *Tip for melting butter straight from the fridge: cut into smaller pieces and set microwave to ‘defrost’ mode. Give it a spin for 1 minute or until you find some chunks of butter and some melted butter. Give everything a good mix. This way the butter doesn’t heat up and you can get melted butter in a jiffy Pour into the prepared pan and tap gently to remove any air bubbles.
