{"id":340,"date":"2010-06-22T10:26:00","date_gmt":"2010-06-22T10:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anjaschwerin.com\/food\/?p=340"},"modified":"2016-04-30T12:28:16","modified_gmt":"2016-04-30T12:28:16","slug":"buttermilk-banana-bread","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anjaschwerin.com\/food\/06\/buttermilk-banana-bread\/","title":{"rendered":"Buttermilk Banana Bread"},"content":{"rendered":"
A few days before my blog’s 1st birthday (9 July), I must admit that this little one is pretty much ruling my ways of cooking. Here is today’s story: I had two almost rotten bananas and a very ripe mango in the kitchen that were begging me to use up in some cake or bread. When I decided to make a fruity bread with buttermilk, I decided it would be better with just the banana, so I could call it Buttermilk Banana Bread. Three Bs. Easy to remember.<\/div>\n

Am I losing my marbles? Or is this a normal development after one year of blogging about food recipes? Please, veteran food bloggers: I need some reassurance on this.
\nI actually find it hard to call it a bread since its texture is cake-like, although there is no butter and only a tiny amount of oil being used in the recipe.Very moist and spongy, lots of walnut crunch and a slightly indulgent frosting make this banana bread a perfect coffee cake.
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\u00a0BUTTERMILK BANANA BREAD<\/b><\/div>\n
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(Print Recipe)<\/a><\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
1 egg<\/div>\n
5 tablespoons agave syrup<\/div>\n
1\/4 cup buttermilk<\/div>\n
1 teaspoon vanilla extract<\/div>\n
1 tablespoon canola oil<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
2 very ripe bananas, mashed (about 1\/2 cup)<\/div>\n
1\/4 cup chopped walnuts<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
1 cup whole wheat flour<\/div>\n
1 teaspoon baking powder<\/div>\n
1\/2 teaspoon baking soda<\/div>\n
1\/2 teaspoon salt<\/p>\n

Cream Cheese Frosting<\/b>
\n5 tablespoons cream cheese
\n4 tablespoons agave syrup
\n4 tablespoons chopped walnuts<\/div>\n

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Yields 1 loaf<\/div>\n

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\nPreheat oven to 160C. Grease or line loaf tin with parchment paper.<\/p>\n

In a medium sized bowl, beat the egg. Add agave, buttermilk, vanilla extract and canola oil and mix well. Stir in mashed bananas.<\/p>\n

In a big bowl, combine flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Mix well. Combine wet ingredients and dry ingredients and stir until just combined. Stir in walnuts.<\/p>\n

Pour batter into prepared loaf tin. Bake for about 60 minutes, until cake tester comes out clean. Take out of the tin and let cool completely.<\/p>\n

When cool, combine cream cheese and agave syrup in a small bowl. Put an even layer on top of the banana bread. Sprinkle with chopped walnuts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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