American
Dark banana bread with orange
- Prep time 20 minutes
- Cook time 40 minutes
- Makes 1 loaf
Author Notes
I started thinking how banana breads are good with things that have a hint of bitter, like coffee and chocolate, and wondered what experimenting with a small amount of blackstrap molasses would do. I am very satisfied with the result of this experimentation, which is a kind of a gingerbread-banana bread hybrid, only better than either of those two things makes it sound. With its cardamom and orange and slight dark note from the hint of molasses it reminds me of Faery or Christmas in an Alpine winter. I urge caution in trying more molasses; it begins to edge out the banana flavor in larger quantities. —Starmade
What You'll Need
Ingredients
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3/4 cup
white flour
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3/4 cup
whole wheat flour
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1/2 teaspoon
salt
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1/2 tablespoon
baking powder
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1/2 teaspoon
baking soda
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4 tablespoons
dark brown sugar
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1/2 teaspoon
ground cardamom
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1/2 teaspoon
ground allspice
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1/2 teaspoon
nutmeg
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1 cup
mashed very ripe banana (2 large or 3 medium)
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1
large egg
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1/4 cup
olive oil
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1
orange, grated peel and juice
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1/4 cup
golden syrup
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2 tablespoons
blackstrap molasses
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1 teaspoon
vanilla
Directions
- Preheat oven to 375. Prepare a loaf pan and measure out the first 8 (dry) ingredients in a bowl.
- Mash the banana. I like to use a 2 cup size glass measuring cup because all the liquid ingredients add up to exactly two cups. Add egg, oil, molasses, golden syrup, vanilla, the peel from 1 orange grated with a microplane, and about a quarter cup of the juice.
- Pour the wet ingredients into dry and mix together, and pour into prepared loaf pan.
- Cook about 40-45 minutes.
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