Comments on: Nigella’s Banana Cake (with Emma’s Bananas)

By: Lizzo

Lizzo — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 15:11:55 +0000

This is my second time of making this version of Banana Cake and the whole family loves it! I have tried several recipes over the years and not really been keen on the taste or result. This version is definitely the one I will stick with!

By: jenny

jenny — Wed, 27 May 2009 19:04:18 +0000

Finally got round to making this and it was definitely best banana cake I’ve made. I made a few adaptations to the recipe:
1. I used cider brandy instead of whisky because we’ve got a big bottle and neither of us can stomach it on its own. It’s great in desserts though.
2. I used 50:50 wholemeal and plain flour as we ran out of plain – seemed to work really well.
3. After draining the sultanas I kept hold of the brandy and poured it over my first slice. Probably best to do this in the evening when you don’t have much planned, makes you a bit sleepy.
4. Instead of the final step (take to work and share with friends) I opted for keep at home and scoff all by yourself.

By: Quick and Easy Banana Bread | Not Delia

Quick and Easy Banana Bread | Not Delia — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 08:30:48 +0000

[...] (Here’s a link to the original Nigella recipe… …and another to the adapted version.) [...]

By: Cathy

Cathy — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 13:46:26 +0000

I have use Nigella’s recipe as a rough guide with or without the nuts,I have a son doesn’t like nuts, also usually no alcohol, I soak the fruit in tea and lately I have been adding dates which is delicious, I don’t know how many probably instead of the 100g of sultanas, I think I will go and try it again now and make sure I’m right.

By: Not Delia

Not Delia — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 05:59:54 +0000

Perfect! I have a few over-ripe bananas handy and was searching for a banana bread recipe. Thanks! I’ll let you know how I get on.

By: Paul

Paul — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 14:00:29 +0000

Rob,

I think fruit juice is a great idea – there are a whole range of new possible cake combinations now in my head – different fruit juices could make a whole range of cakes – I think I might try subsitituting water/milk. I quite fancy making an apple cake with this idea, although not with bananas!

By: jenny

jenny — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 19:15:42 +0000

Hey Rob, it’s good to hear from you!

All kinds of banana cake sound good to me. When Cathryn and I lived in Uganda it was the main thing we baked. Just bananas, flour, egg, sugar and blueband, but it used to taste amazing and we’d eat the whole cake in one sitting. I could probably experiment with some nuts and alcohol though…

By: Rob

Rob — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 19:09:14 +0000

Banana cake is one of my favourite foods too. I make a banana and cranberry loaf. No alcohol but uses orange juice, cranberries, nuts and mixed peel. Also uses sunflower oil instead of butter. Its delicious…

By: Paul

Paul — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 18:53:29 +0000

I think that the Whisky was just a bit to sharp for the banana. Rum would be ideal and brandy would probably have a richer taste. I reckon that a lovely oaky bourbon would be nice (as nigella suggests) but it would seem a shame to put it into a cake!
It definitely needs some liquid to help it be moist – it might be good to try something non-alcoholic although quite what will go with Banana I’m not sure!

By: matt

matt — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 09:19:51 +0000

That’s made me pretty hungry now, despite just having had breakfast. Banana cake is pretty much my favourite cake, never tried it with alcohol in before though. Do you think something sweeter like Brandy might work well?