Best Cardamom Banana Bread Recipes

BANANA, COCONUT & CARDAMOM BREAD

Steps:

• Heat the oven to 160C/140C fan/gas 3. Butter a 900g loaf tin and line with a long strip of baking parchment. Melt the coconut oil or butter in a pan or the microwave. Mash the bananas and add the oil or butter, eggs, sugar and yogurt.
• Combine the flour, baking powder, crushed cardamom and a pinch of salt in a bowl. Add the wet ingredients and whisk to a smooth batter. Pour into the tin and bake for 1 hr 10 mins until golden and risen. Insert a skewer into the centre of the cake to make sure it's cooked - it should come out with a few crumbs but no wet cake mixture. If needed, return the cake to the oven for another 5-10 mins, then check again, and keep going until it's cooked. Serve slightly warm. Once cool, keep in a tin for up to five days.

CARDAMOM BANANA BREAD WITH PISTACHIOS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°.
• Lightly spoon flour into dry measuring cups, and level with a knife. Combine the flour, baking soda, and salt, stirring with a whisk.
• Place sugars and butter in a large bowl, and beat with a mixer at medium speed until well blended (about 1 minute).
• Add the eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Add banana, sour cream, and cardamom; beat until blended.
• Add flour mixture; beat at low speed just until moist. Stir in pistachios.
• Spoon batter into a 9 x 5-inch loaf pan coated with cooking spray. Bake at 350° for 1 hour or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean.
• Cool 10 minutes in pan on a wire rack; remove from pan. Cool bread completely on wire rack.

BANANA CARDAMOM BREAD PUDDING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350F. Lightly grease a 9x13 inch baking dish with butter and set aside. Place the cubed bread in a large mixing bowl. In a small saucepan, melt 4 tablespoons of butter over medium heat and pour the butter over the bread cubes. Using spatula, toss to evenly distribute the butter. Combine the cream, milk, eggs, brown sugar, granulated sugar, cardamom, nutmeg, almond extract and salt in a Mixing bowl. Pour the cream mixture over the bread cubes and stir to combine. Let sit until the bread is soft and has absorbed most of the liquid. Stir in the mashed bananas. Pour the mixture into the prepared dish and bake, uncovered, for 45 to 50 minutes, until the top is golden brown and crispy and the pudding is firm in the center. Remove the pudding from the oven and let the dish cool about 15 min before serving.

CARDAMOM BANANA BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease one 9x5 inch loaf pan.
• In a small saucepan, combine the raisins and the rum. Cook over medium heat until simmering, then remove from the heat and allow to cool 10 minutes.
• In a large bowl, mix together the mashed bananas, brown sugar, canola oil, and eggs with an electric mixer for 1 minute. Sift together the all-purpose flour, whole wheat flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and ground cardamom; stir into the egg mixture with a spoon until well blended, Stir in the walnuts and the rum soaked raisins last. Pour the batter into the prepared pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 50 to 60 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean. Allow bread to cool slightly before removing from the pan.