I couldn’t figure out at first whether the banana loaf Ashlee chose for TWD this week was supposed to be a cake or a quick bread. Eventually I realized that it’s in the cake section of the book, only a few pages after the pound cake recipe. But that didn’t stop me from baking it in a muffin pan.
Other TWD members had a lot of problems with this recipe, claiming that the batter was too liquidy. I didn’t really have any issues, although the batter was curdled at the end and looked really gross. Also – for something that I thought would be pretty straightforward, this used a surprising amount of dishes.
My correctly-sized loaf pan is in the freezer full of mushroom lasagna, so I had to bake the recipe in smaller dishes. That meant I could play around with some different methods of combining the batters. I was eager to try polka-dots. It was fairly successful; I think they’d work better in a larger pan, but this was a good learning experience.
But I thought it was really good. Dave said that it was good but not something that he’d ever really ask me make, so I must have liked it more than he did. I thought the little cakes had a nice texture – they’re really moist, but also nice and firm. The banana flavor is pretty subtle, which I don’t prefer in banana bread, but I liked in this cake.
The recipe can be found on Ashlee’s blog.
Hee hee! Creepy curdled batter! No matter- the finished product looks flawless. I don’t think I have a preference w/r/t banana-ness in banana cake. I think I like it all, as long as the cake itself has a good texture 🙂
All of your varieties look great. The color of them looks very much like Dorie’s finished product in the book, too.
That last picture makes me wish I had some for breakfast! Nice!!
I agree with you on the dishes. These are totally adorable! I love the minis.
I like it! Very cute! That breakfast recipe underneath this post looks wonderful
Love the little mini’s!!
Oh the minis look too cute! Beautiful!
Your minis look great! I too had problems with the recipe and I wasn’t that impressed with how my loaf turned out in the end. I’m glad to see that it was just me and not the recipe.
Adorable! I love all your little muffins and cakes!
too cute for words! love all the different marbling!
Love the muffin loaf minis! So cute! Great job!
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Oh, these turned out so cute! I’m making the loaf tonight.
Very creative!!! So cute!
aww, these are so cute. i love the second photo. 🙂
I love what you came up with, very cute!!
I love how they all turned out, but the two at the top are my faves – very cool!
The real question is – how’d you get the appearance on the top two? Those are just too cool.
Your minis turned out so pretty!!!!
Love the little bread cookies!
I love your little mini brioche cakies, I did the same thing with mine, they came out so fun. And the taste…YUM! I also baked one of each flavor separately so that I could gauge. Subtle banana for sure. We just finished our mini cylinder cake tonite.
woww yum…looks awesome!
love the mini cakes! verrry cute
great job!
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Great pictures! It all looks so yummy!
These made me laugh out loud with delight! What a wonderful, playful approach to this recipe. I love it.
Your cupcakes look tasty! Cute polka dots 🙂
I love all your little cakes! The different styles of marbling are so pretty!
I love what you did with this recipe. It’s nice to see all your variety!
Great “black and white” effect. Really lovely.