Banana bread

Banana Bread !!

In the USA we call this bread, but in France if you make a bread with sugar or any sweetening, its referred to as cake. I have no idea why, but it seems like in America we name the food after the pan we cook it in or something. Like cake is made in a cake pan, bread in a bread pan, pie in a pie tin right? Except I think there are exceptions to the rule, take cornbread for example we cook it in a cake or pie tin ( or cast iron skillet) and we call it bread. So to keep it easy, in France if its sweet, it is not called bread, plain and simple. So we can call this banana cake or bread the choice is yours. You can eat it hot or cold, with or without butter, with creme anglaise on top if you want even.

Ingredients:

1 3/4 cup All purpose flour ( 225 gms Farine de ble)
2 1/2 tsp baking powder ( 2 1/2 cuilleres a cafe poudre a lever)
1 tsp salt ( 1 cuillere a cafe de sel)
1/3 c. unsalted butter ( 75 gms beurre doux)
1/2 c. honey (113 ml miel)
2 eggs beaten ( 2 oeufs)
2 c. mashed ripe bananas ( 450 ml puree de banane mure)
3/4 c chopped walnuts ( 70gms de noix coupee)


Butter and flour a standard loaf pan and preheat the oven to 325F (160C). Combine flour, baking powder and salt in a bowl. In another bowl mash the bananas into a puree. In a third bowl whisk or beat the butter with the honey until creamy, add the eggs and banana pulp and blend to smooth with a spoon. Add flour mixture and blend until just blended, dont over mix. Add nuts, mix gently, pour into the prepared bread pan and bake for 40-50 minutes. The bread should come out clean when pierced with a toothpick, if not return to the oven for 5 minute intervals until a toothpick comes out clean when put in the middle of the bread. Cool a few minutes on a rack then remove from the pan and cool completely. Refridgerate after completely cool. The bread can be eaten warm or cold. Its delicious warm with melted butter !!