Pound Cake Perfection with Banana Bread variation

By tinathorn

A delicious recipe for pound cake that can easily be adapted to banana bread. I usually double the recipe and make 1 loaf of each. They're both so good!

Ingredients

• BANANA LOAF VARIATION:
• 1/2 cup canola or safflower oil
• 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
• 2 tablespoons unsweetened applesauce
• 1 cup raw sugar
• 1/4 cup dark brown sugar
• 2 teaspoons vanilla
• 3 eggs
• 1/3 cup full-fat coconut milk
• 1/3 cup water or, instead of water use coconut milk: 2/3 cup Lite coconut milk
• 2 tablespoons orange juice
• 3/4 cup brown rice flour, finely ground
• 3/4 cup potato starch
• 3/4 cup tapioca starch
• 1 1/2 teaspoons guar gum (do not use xanthan gum)
• 1 scant teaspoon salt
• 1 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 super-ripe banana, mashed
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/2 to 1 cup walnuts, chopped, optional

Details

Servings 1
Preparation time 10mins
Cooking time 60mins
Adapted from thecinnamonquill.com

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350°F. Oil and sugar two loaf pans: I used two 8×4-inch pans.

In the bowl of a mixer, combine oils, applesauce, sugar/brown sugar, vanilla, eggs, coconut milk and/or water, and orange juice. Mix until sugar dissolves, slightly.

Add flours, xanthan/guar gum, salt, and baking powder.

Mix for two minutes, or until all ingredients have transformed into a well-combined batter.

Pour into prepared pans.

Bake for 50 to 55 minutes, until toothpick in the middle comes out clean. Let cool in pans 10 to 20 minutes, then un-mold onto a cooling rack until fully cooled. Can be stored on counter, in refrigerator, or freezer (this cake actually freezes very well).

BANANA LOAF VARIATION:

Pour half of above batter into loaf pan. To remaining batter, add banana, cinnamon, and walnuts, mixing until the banana and cinnamon are well-combined. Pour into other loaf pan. Bake as directed above.

Note:

I usually make one pound cake and one banana loaf; I assume the above could be doubled to make two banana loaves, but I’ve never actually tried it.