Recipes by Dolapo Grey

Red Velvet Banana Bread

Red velvet banana bread is a quick bread with a cake-like texture. It’s moist, delicious, and perfect for breakfast, dessert, or as a snack.

INGREDIENTS

  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
  • 3/4 cup melted butter or oil
  • 1 1/4 cups mashed bananas
  • 2 large eggs
  • 1/4 cup buttermilk
  • 1 tablespoon liquid red food colour
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/4 teaspoon grated nutmeg
  • 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon powder
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 3/4 cups sugar
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

PROCEDURE

Step 1

Preheat your oven to 350 degrees F. Grease a loaf pan with butter. Set aside.

Step 2

Add all the dry ingredients into a big bowl, In another bowl mash the bananas with a fork (it doesn’t have to be smooth). Crack the eggs into a bowl, melt the butter, add the red food colour to the buttermilk and mix to combine.

Step 3

Mix together the dry ingredients, mix together the wet ingredients plus the vanilla extract and pour the wet into dry.

Step 4

Mix just until moistened. Do not over mix.

Step 5

Pour batter into the loaf pan and bake in the preheated oven for 45 to 50 minutes or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean.

Step 6

Remove from oven and place on a wire rack to cool for about 10 minutes.

Step 7

Take bread out of the pan and cool completely.