banana bread, cake or muffins?

zippychick

ive merged this with our banana bread/muffins thread so you can see what recipes others use

Muffins muffins muffins may also help

Zip

julsifer

hi there i am wanting to make a lil food hamper for a friend of mine who lives away from home and mainly lives on takeouts due to long hours at work :think: i thought it would be nice....anyway...so far i have made mixed fruit jam, red onion chutney and going to make smartie biscuits. His favourite fruit however is bananas and i wanted to add it into the hamper some how and then i thought BANANA BREAD!
i have a recipe from here

Thistle-down wrote: »

My kids love this, so do I. You can play around with the ingrediants, use less sugar, part whole wheat flour, add cinnamon or nutmeg, etc. I have also used other over-ripe fruits like pears and it turned out fantastic.

In the breadmaker bucket, put in any order:

2-3 over-ripe bananas
1 cup (or less) sugar
3 tbsp veg oil
2 eggs
2 cups self-raising flour

Put on pizza cycle for about 5 mins - scrape down the corners with a spatula about 1/2 way through to make sure everything is mixed.

Put on bake cycle for 55 mins.

That's it - very yum especially warm with butter.

~Lynn

i think i should probably make it very close to christmas as most breads i make in the breadmaker dont really last that long any ideas how i should store it to keep as fresh as possible, or is wrapping it in foil and sticking it in the basket gonna be okay?

Sorry for the length of the post

mi_jardin

I would wrap it in greaseproof paper and then foil, or failing that do you have a small tuppaware box you dont need or could recycyle?

julsifer

i do have one i can empty and use its a clip and lock one, how long do you think it will last in grease proof paper and foil?

rowsew

julsifer wrote: »

i do have one i can empty and use its a clip and lock one, how long do you think it will last in grease proof paper and foil?

In my house, about ten minutes

I normally double up my recipe and bake two, wrap in said greaseproof and foil, and then freeze one. Then the little beggars can't find it for a while. It freezes very well, so if you want to make it in advance and freeze, you could then just whip it out if the freezer the day you give the hamper. In my experience, it will keep without going mouldy for about four or five days max., but as I say, never lasts long in our house.

Lovely idea for your friend, by the way, I hope that the hamper will be appreciated. HTH Rowsew x

WeegieWumman

julsifer wrote: »

going to make smartie biscuits.

If you have the time, I'd love to have the recipe for the 'Smarties Biscuits' please.

camelot1001

I agree with Rowsew - It will look better in the greaseproof paper too. Banana bread still tastes good when it has been frozen.
Your hamper sounds good, wish it was me receiving it!

julsifer

well i'm calling em smartie biscuits but theyre just these refridgerator biscuits with smarties instead of dried fruit

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/34811

ETA:sorry for the late reply

JulieGeorgiana

I make banana bread on a Sunday, store it in a clip fresh box and its still fine for pack lunches on Friday.

You sound like a good friend to make such a well thought out gift. I hope your friend loves it x

WeegieWumman

Thank You julsifer, Much appreciated