"Melba's Jammin'" > wrote in message
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>A young friend of ours had brought a loaf of the best banana bread I¹ve
> ever eaten to our house a couple weeks ago and I was intrigued by its
> inclusion of coconut. It was moist and totally yummy, with a lime
> juice-powdered sugar glaze on top. I had to make it and did so
> yesterday. It's from the Magnolia Bakery in NY. It's baked in a tube
> pan and since I never bake quick breads in a tube pan, I got to thinking
> of it as a cake, which led to wondering what the distinction is between
> cake and a sweet quick bread.
>
> Here's the recipe. I converted some of the volume measures to weight:
>
> Banana Bread (Magnolia Bakery, NYC recipe)
>
> 3 cups flour (24 ounces)
> 1-1/2 teaspoons baking soda (8 grams)
> 3/4 teaspoon cinnamon (1 gram)
> 3/4 teaspoon salt (6 grams)
> 3/4 cup canola oil
> 1-1/2 cup sugar (11 ounces)
> 3 eggs, room temperature, well beaten
> 1-1/2 teaspoons vanilla
> 1-1/2 cup ripe bananas, mashed (14 ounces, 4 small bananas)
> 3/4 cup sour cream
> 1-1/2 cups chopped toasted pecans
> 3/4 cup coconut (2 ounces)
>
> 1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
>
> 2. Sift together dry ingredients. Beat oil and sugar, add eggs,
> vanilla, bananas, and sour cream. Mix well. Add dry ingredients and
> mix well; add nuts and coconut. Pour batter into greased and floured
> 10" tube pan and bake for 60-70 minutes.
>
> 3. Let cool an hour before removing from pan.
>
> 4. When cold, glaze with a mixture of 1/2 cup powdered sugar and 1-1/2
> tablespoons fresh lime juice.
>
> First made June 8, 2011. Did not use the nuts. Skeptical about letting
> the bread cool for an hour in the pan and then getting it neatly out of
> the pan, I cut a parchment circle for the bottom of the pan and cut a
> hole in the middle to accommodate the tube; greased the parchment but
> did not flour it.
>
> Recipe, details, and pictures are also on my website,
> <http://web.me.com/barbschaller>.
> --
> Barb,
> The Best Banana Bread I've Ever Eaten, June 8, 2011;
> http://web.me.com/barbschaller

Chocolate bread is evil.


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