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Jul 1

Banana Bread

I love banana bread and had a great recipe, from Betty Crocker, I think, that I could swear by but have lost it somewhere. While on the search for another one I came across this one from Martha Stewart, which was a banana bread made with whole wheat flour and flaxseed (walnuts are also in the ingredients, but I don’t like walnuts in my bread!). I decided to make it right away.

Banana Bread with flaxseed

I loved it! It was very moist and tasty. I made this about four months ago (above photo taken at that time), so I decided it was time to make it again, since we had a few bananas sitting around getting too ripe.

This second time around, I have to make some notes that I noticed from last time.

* I would prefer not to use course salt next time, as I keep getting a salty burst in some bites of the bread which I don’t like; I’m presuming the salt didn’t totally dissolve. Why use course salt though? Why not use regular salt and perhaps decrease the amount as well?

* The final step before placing the batter in the oven says to “Add the reserved flour mixture, and mix on low speed until well incorporated, about 10 seconds.”. 10 seconds did not well incorporate the dry ingredients with the wet, so I needed to mix for longer.

* The recipe says to bake for 35 minutes – I have never heard of banana bread baking in just 35 minutes. Both times I have used this recipe I need to increase the baking time for another 15 or so minutes.

Banana Bread w/ Flaxseed Meal (again)

Overall, for a great banana bread recipe, look no further! With whole wheat flour and flaxseed meal it also means that isn’t all that bad for you either!

Jun 12

Mocha Cupcakes

In my search for a coffee and banana cupcake, I decided to try the following combination.

Mocha Cupcake With Banana Frosting

Mocha cupcakes from Genius of a Cook: Obviously I did not use the Kahlua frosting, but I can say that these are the best mocha cupcakes. They were so soft, delicate and moist and had just a hint of coffee. I would have liked a stronger coffee flavor, but maybe my brewed coffee should have been stronger.

A personal note on these cupcakes – the recipe, I believe, should yield 12 cupcakes if you fill the liners 3/4 full. I did fill my liners to that recommended level, but had overflow while baking. If I make these again, I may try filling the liners a bit less than recommended and end up with a couple extra cupcakes.

Banana frosting from Chef Lilian: I was a bit disappointed with this frosting. While it did taste nice, it ended up looking nothing like the photo on the recipe page. It was very runny, too runny. After researching a bit more, I am wondering if that recipe could be missing an ingredient – perhaps, butter.

Overall, a great tasting cupcake. In future, I might try baking these cupcakes again with Nutella frosting. Also I will eventually try the reverse of this recipe – a banana cupcake with mocha or plain coffee frosting.

May 28

Banana Cupcakes

I found this recipe while looking for banana cupcakes, which uses a super sweet honey-cinnamon frosting. Fresh bananas are optional, but helped to alleviate the sweetness of the frosting.

Banana Cupcakes

Recipe from MarthaStewart.com. This recipe uses 1 1/2 cups of mashed banana, so there is definitely a strong banana taste which I loved.

I baked these in my Wilton silicone baking cups. Not sure if I like the silicone baking cups – they are hard to wash and while dishwasher safe it is hard to keep them in one place in the dishwasher.

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