Black Sesame Banana Bread 黑芝麻香蕉麵包蛋糕
I met banana bread for the first time when I moved to the States and this quick bread has been one of my favorite breakfast options ever since. I love to have a cup of iced or hot latte to go with a slice of banana bread. It’s one of my favorite ways to start my day and I find it very comforting.
I have made many banana bread recipes, it is one of the first breads I learned how to make. I love both the plain and the chocolate chip versions. This recipe I created includes an ingredient that I ate a lot since I was a kid. Black sesame is considered healthy and has a lot of benefits. I love the taste and the aroma in a lot of my desserts - it’s also a very popular dessert flavor in asian desserts. The result came out pretty nice - the color of the black sesame adds a chic touch to the rustic banana bread, and the aroma of the black sesame is just so pleasant and amazing. A great banana bread recipe with an asian twist!
Black sesame Banana Bread 黑芝麻香蕉蛋糕
Ingredients
Unsalted butter, 60g, room temperature
Dark brown sugar, 150g
Eggs, 2
Sour cream, 80g
Vanilla extract, 1 tsp
Banana, mashed, 2
All purpose flour, 250g
Black sesame powder, 30g
Baking soda, 6g
Salt, 5g
Demerara sugar, 1 TBS
Instructions
Preheat the oven to 350F. Line a 9x5 loaf pan with parchment paper.
Add the melted butter, brown sugar, eggs, sour cream, salt, and vanilla extract in a large bowl. Mix to combine. Fold in the mashed banana.
In a separate bowl, mix the flour, baking soda, and black sesame powder together. Add the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients. Mix until just combined. Do not over mix it.
Pour the mixture into the prepared pan, Top with the demerara sugar. Bake for 70-80 minutes until a cake tester inserted into the center comes out clean and the center temperature reaches 212F, then it’s done.
Cool on the rack for 10 minutes before removing the bread from the pan to cool completely.
