Cake Day: Elvis Presley Banana Bread

I’ve told you all about cake day before, but as I was making this Elvis Presley Banana Bread, I realized that I wanted to share cake day with all you out there in the blogging world even more.

So I’ve decided to post my cake day creation every Saturday (I realize that today is Sunday, but I made this late last night and didn’t have time to post), and I also want to invite all of you to post your cake day baked goods with me! If you want me to include your cake day post (it doesn’t have to be cake… just a sweet treat to share with those around you), just send me the link to your post via e-mail (tomatokumatoATgmailDOTcom), and I’ll include a link here.

As for this week’s cake day, I decided to make banana bread. I’ve never made banana bread before, although I’ve had it dozens of times. Bananas are one of the only foods in the world that I will not eat, but when they’re in banana bread, I actually really like them (it’s a textural issue). I combined banana bread and peanut butter, which I realize I’m not the first to do, but I used chunky peanut butter so that the texture came through in the final product.

Most banana bread recipes use more flour than this one, but I’ve found that the banana flavor comes through much stronger with less flour. Just be sure to grease your pan well: I used a nonstick pan that I usually don’t grease, and I had a hell of a time getting the bread out.

This quickbread is my submission to BBD #18- Quickbreads which is being hosted by Mansi at the Fun and Food blog. You can submit your own entries until April 1st.

Elvis Presley Banana Bread
1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
1 Tbs baking powder
3/4 tsp salt
1 tsp ground cinnamon
1 1/2 cups mashed banana (about 2 medium bananas)
1 cup milk
3/4 cup peanut butter (I used chunky)
1 large egg

Preheat oven to 350 degrees, and grease a loaf pan.

In one bowl, combine the mashed bananas and milk. Mix in the peanut butter until the mixture is smooth. Add the sugars and the egg, and mix until combined.

Add the flour, baking powder, cinnamon and salt and slowly mix in to the wet ingredients.

Pour the batter into the prepared loaf pan and bake for about 50 minutes until a tester comes out clean with a few crumbs attached.