Belly Bakes Week 20: Bro-nana bread recipe

I have previously posted an epic banana bread recipe which you can view here, but my four year old son, Rufus, wanted to bake “Bro-nana bread” for week 20 of Belly Bakes inspired by his favourite film “The Croods 2”.

It’s a bit of a different recipe which uses yoghurt to give a denser texture. It’s less of a bread/cake and more a type of pudding consistency so if that’s your bag then you’ll love it. I’ve also sneaked a bit more fruit into the recipe which helps when you’re feeding small children! I’ll be honest, I probably won’t make this version again because I like a fluffy texture, however Rufus absolutely wolfed it down and it was great in slices for his lunchbox.

Bro-nana Bread

Ingredients

• 300g self raising flour
• 150g plain flour
• 1 tsp ground ginger
• 2 tsp ground cinnamon
• 110g caster sugar
• 2 ripe bananas
• 1 apple
• 2 eggs
• 125g melted butter
• 250ml yoghurt
• 250ml milk
• 45g rolled oats
• 2 tbsp demerara sugar (optional)

Method

1. Preheat the oven to 180C
2. Mix all the dry ingredients together and set aside
3. In a separate bowl, mash the ripe bananas and grate in the apple
4. Add the eggs and mix
5. Add the wet mixture to the dry ingredients and fold together
6. Add in the melted butter, yoghurt and the milk and mix – try not to overmix at this stage because you will get a heavy cake!
7. Add the mixture to the lined cake tin – we used a square 20x20cm brownie tin
8. Sprinkle the top with the oats and 2 tbsps of demerara sugar
9. Bake for 45-50 minutes or until the top is golden

Baking tips

• This recipe could easily be adapted to make it gluten free – swap the flours for the same amount of gluten free versions. I prefer using just plain flour because the self raising versions seem to have rice flour added which I cannot stand the texture of! If you’re doing this and leaving out the self raising gluten free flour, then ensure you are adding in 1 tsp of baking powder
• This will bake for longer than you realise – do not be tempted to open the oven door and check until at least 40 minutes have passed!
• To check whether the cake is cooked, insert a skewer into the top – if it comes out clean then the cake is ready to take out
• It would be lovely with the addition of sultanas too – but I put sultanas in everything if I get the chance!

Banana baby!

At week 20, Baby Stock is the size of an average banana. According to The Bump, he/she is roughly 6.5 inches long and 10.2 ounces in weight. Last week I started to feel them kick but still not got a bump…I’m getting bump envy! And no, we’re not finding out the gender! It’s a surprise!

Check back next week for the next Belly Bake! It’s carrot.

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