Ingredients

  • 2 sticks of butter (226g)
  • 2 eggs
  • 120g sour cream
  • 4 large bananas
  • 200g sugar
  • 290g flour
  • 1tsp baking soda
  • 1tsp cinnamon
  • 1tsp salt
  • 1tsp vanilla
  • 1/4tsp fresh nutmeg

 

Instructions

  1. Butter a loaf pan.  Preheat oven to 325F.
  2. Mix together dry ingredients in a bowl, set aside.
  3. Cream the butter, then add the eggs one at a time.
  4. While the butter is being beaten, mash the bananas.  Add the sour cream.
  5. Add the banana mixture to the creamed butter.
  6. Add the dry ingredients until just mixed.  (Overmixing creates gluten strands, which results in a denser, chewier cake.)
  7. Pour the batter into the prepared pan and bake for about 1 1/4 hours.  Remove when internal temperature reaches 200F.

 

 

NEXT TIME:

Delicious, but bananas sank to the bottom.

Try brown sugar

Try fewer bananas (more flour?)

Could also try removing water content by microwaving to remove moisture.  Reduce liquid to 1 tbsp and add back to batter.