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.