True, it has been way too long since I last blogged. My life is changing (for the better), in both large and small ways, and I just haven’t taken the time to post. But I’m back, because someone dear to me suggested I should blog some of my recipes, and this one is pretty tasty.
Produce often gets forgotten in our house, left to rot in a hanging basket or the bottom of the fridge. I noticed some aging bananas, so I decided to make use of them. Here’s what I did, as adapted from the “I Hate to Cook Book”:
Banana Bread
6 very ripe bananas
1 stick margarine
1 stick unsalted butter
1 1/2 c. sugar
1 c. whole-wheat flour
1 1/2 c. bread flour
4 eggs, well beaten
1 tsp. orange extract
1 Tbsp. cardamom
3 tsp. baking powder
1 c. chopped walnuts
Preheat oven to 350°F. Cream butter, margarine and sugar in a large bowl (I used an immersion blender). Add bananas, mix, and add beaten eggs. Add orange extract, cardamom, baking powder, and flour, and mix well (don’t over-beat). Stir in walnuts. Pour into greased Bundt pan.
Now here’s where it gets tricky — the original recipe called for baking in a loaf pan. I felt there was too much batter, so I went with the Bundt pan. It said bake for 35 min., but I forgot to set the timer, so I just kept checking back until the top was brown and the contents weren’t jiggly anymore. If you come up with a more precise baking time, feel free to leave it in the comments.
Enjoy!
Thursday, 30 July 2009 at 12:42 pm
Hello,
I noticed that you made a comment on one of the giveaways I set up for Living Rooms Direct and was wondering if you would be interested in working together. If so, I would love to work with you on either a giveaway, a product review, or a guest post on your site. I look forward to hearing back from you!
Take care,
Suzanne
Monday, 5 October 2009 at 12:02 pm
This is an odd place to post this, but i couldn’t think where else to start. I found your blog through Google blog search. I was just asked by my Producer, Bob Bowdon, to find some NYC based bloggers to attend a press screening of “The Cartel” (a documentary on the disaster of urban education) on this Tuesday night (yes, tomorrow) at 6:30p at the Tribeca Film center. It’s a press screening, and they’d like to get some “hip new york blogs involved somehow”. It’s likely not your usual thing, but it is a good show.
Feel free to post or delete this comment. Also if you’re coming, then email me and let me know of any other NYC bloggers you can think of that might enjoy coming as well.