This week, Steph of Obsessed with Baking chose Cocoa-Nana Bread, page 46.
Basically, this is a chocolate pound cake, and the furious debate the addition of banana inspired over at Tuesdays with Dorie is something to behold. Having just run out of bananas
, and about to leave town again to help my auntie through her hip replacement surgery, there was no freaking way I was going to run to the grocery store if I didn’t have to, and I didn’t have to. So, I did the only thing I could do under the circumstances, and went low fat by subbing full fat sour cream for the bananas.
A bit of TWD humor there, fellow bakers, just a bit of humor. I try not to get on the scale any more, if you get my drift.
So, instead of two mashed bananas, I added 3/4 cup of sour cream (you could also use a thick yogurt), and also one tsp. of vanilla extract. The result was a gorgeous chocolaty loaf that my husband devoured. I kid you not – I had one piece, and that’s it. He ate the whole thing, and that’s saying something for a guy who’s not a big fan of chocolate.
So, I’m glad I ran out of bananas because this turned out so well. Next time, I may add some coffee crystals to the batter to deepen the chocolate flavor, and maybe drizzle it with a chocolate ganache. Because nothing says “DIET” like chocolate, cream, and butter, don’t you think?
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Looks beautiful.
I didn’t make it. I like my banana bread plain.
That was a large cake. Your husband must have really liked it. I did too. It was good.
Yum great idea to leave out the bananas..nice! It looks so good and Im glad your hubby loved it!
Looks YUMMY! I used yogurt in place of the buttermilk. Just like you, I just didn’t feel like going to the store…
Cheers!
January is almost over now, so we can all soon stop pretending we are trying to be healthy. 😀
The cake looks scrumptious!
Looks yummy! I should have made mine without banana. May have to try it that way.
Haha great post! I think your substitutions sound awesome – and anything that saves a trip out for a single ingredient is a good thing!
Delicious! Your subs sound very tasty indeed!
TOO funny!! My scales groan when they feel me coming.
Sour cream or yoogut sub sounds perfect. I used the naner, but didn’t care for it. Thot it made the loaf a little dense.
Yours looks good.
Haha.. I didn’t think we’d get so riled up over something like chocoalte + bananas! Thanks for baking with me. I’m glad the husband enjoyed it.