Saturday Night Fun

[saffronhare]

With the days getting shorter and cooler, I want to bake more...and this week, I wanted do something a little bit fun. An unprecedented number of bananas were all over-ripe at the same time that I *had* some time to spare, so I took advantage of the opportunity for a pseudo-scientific "taste test" of two different banana bread recipes. One was from agrnmn's Grandma Coletta and the other was recently shared by katzenfrau.

There wasn't a lot of variation in the recipes. Both used about a cup of mashed banana, a cup of granulated sugar, and two cups of flour, as well as a bit of baking powder, baking soda, and a pinch or so of salt. I didn't have two identical pans, so one cooked in a glass dish and one cooked in a metal dish, but I don't think I expected them to look SO DIFFERENT! I'm glad diermuid got a better picture than I did!



Here's where they varied: Bread A (on the right) used margarine, one egge, and cooked at 350 degrees for about 55 minutes. Bread B (on the left) used butter, two eggs and cooked at 325 or about 70 minutes. Testers said A was lighter and "smelled more banana-y." B was judged to taste moister and more "like cake." While the winner, indicated by the number of Lego voting tokens, is pretty clear, I don't think either one of these will last a full 24 hours on the counter. I'm glad they were all willing to play along!

Comments

[rebeccafiddler.livejournal.com]

NomNomNom!

[saffronhare.livejournal.com]

FionaPie just saw this userpic and thinks the blue violin is the coolest thing ever.

[rebeccafiddler.livejournal.com]

It's actually more green in color, but I will agree that it looks more blue in the this picture. I use it as my teaching violin with little kids; they are also fascinated by the color.

[katzenfrau.livejournal.com]

Did I win???

[saffronhare.livejournal.com]

Ha! The "house elf" recipe is the one on the left, so YES. That recipe won, 4-2, but both loaves seem to be disappearing at about the same rate today. I'll be astonished if there's anything left on the counter when I look before bedtime.

[katzenfrau.livejournal.com]

All banana bread is good banana bread.

All zucchini bread, on the other hand, is not necessarily good zucchini bread.