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Classic Banana Bundt Cake



Today's baking wasnt a planned one... am just glad it turned out good after yesterday's baking blunder!

So ok.. this was not some ordinary banana bread. The banana flavor was just right -- not too overpowering, not too subtle -- and the texture was super super moist but not overly dense. It was simple, delicious and also a good way to use up some over-ripe bananas.. Dorie mentions lemon glazing in her "playing around." I decided to add melted chocolate to one portion instead for marbling effect err simply cos i feel like eating something chocolaty hehehe..  

Share this cake and everyone will thank you.. I know i will! Recipe fm Baking by Dorie Greenspan



Ingredients
3 cups all-purpose flour
2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
2 sticks (8 ounces) unsalted butter, at room temperature (226g)
2 cups sugar
2 tsp pure vanilla extract
2 large eggs, preferably at room temperature  
About 4 very ripe bananas, mashed (you should have 1 1/2 - 1 3/4 cups) (i used 6)
1 cup sour cream or plain yogurt (i used sour cream)

Method
Center a rack in the oven and preheat to 180C. Generously butter a 9- to 10-inch (12 cup) Bundt pan. (If you use a silicone Bundt pan there’s no need to butter it.) Don’t place the pan on a baking sheet - you want the oven’s heat to circulate through the Bundt’s inner tube.

Whisk the flour, baking soda and salt together.



Working with a stand mixer, preferably fitted with a paddle attachment, or with a hand mixer in a large bowl, beat the butter until creamy. Add the sugar and beat at medium speed until pale and fluffy. Beat in the vanilla, then add the eggs one at a time, beating for about 1 minute after each egg goes in. Reduce the mixer speed to low and mix in the bananas. Finally, mix in half the dry ingredients (don’t be disturbed when the batter curdles), all the sour cream and then the rest of the flour mixture. Scrape the batter into the pan, rap the pan on the counter to debubble the batter and smooth the top. (I added 3oz of melted dark chocolate to one portion for the marbling effect)  



Bake for 65 to 75 minutes, or until a thin knife inserted deep into the center of the cake comes out clean. Check the cake after about 30 minutes - if it is browning too quickly, cover it loosely with a foil tent. Transfer the cake to a rack and cool for 10 minutes before unmolding onto the rack to cool to room temperature.

If you've got the time, wrap the cooled cake in plastic and allow it to sit on the counter overnight before serving - it's better the next day.




Optional Lemony White Icing:
Sift 3/4 cup confectioners' sugar into a bowl and squeeze in enough fresh lemon juice (start with 2 teaspoons and add more by drops) to make an icing thin enough to drizzle down the Bundt's curves.

Half batch or muffins:
If you want 1/2 the recipe and make muffins, Dorie Greenspan wrote it up herself on this 2008 entry on Serious Eats: Banana Cake Big and Small. She added some chocolate to this one. Yield 12 muffins, bake 28-32 minutes

2 comments:

mrswongjowo said...

Sonia dah ok? Now mummy start baking....Cake looks yummy and the marble cantik. You swirl using what dear? Letak choc dlm piping bag ke? Jenuh dah I memarble kan cake tapi still tak dpt perfect marble..Will try this one nampak senang..know what your cookies tu I dah dpt few orders..:) TQ. Nanti ajar wat cookies k ni nak raya...

Rima said...

Alhamdullilah... shes better now... fever pun dah kurang..

I didnt swirl at all... just pour batter alternatively... tu aje.. tak kuasa i nak masuk kan kat dalam piping bag hehhe

Really?? good to hear.. waktu nak raya lah kita boleh buat duit sikit kan..

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Hi.. I am a SAHM to 2 kiddoes..19yr old boy n 2 year old girl.. met my Austrian hubby here in Singapore and hv been living here all my life... my love for baking started when i was 6mths preggie to my daughter, Sonia... my addiction to baking has not stop eversince.. I hope to learn as much as i can abt baking and decorating and then share it with u along the way..