Nutella Swirl Banana Bread
 
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My classic banana bread recipe is now even better with perfect looking swirls of Nutella on top. Moist and full on flavour, this recipe will quickly become a family favourite.
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Makes: One 22 cm loaf
Ingredients
  • • Flour (maida), 250 grams
  • • Baking Powder, 1 teaspoon
  • • Salt, ½ teaspoon
  • • Butter, 100 grams
  • • Sugar, 100 grams
  • • Egg, 1 (or 4 tablespoons yogurt)
  • • Overripe Bananas, 3 (Puree the bananas by simply blending them in a food processor)
  • • Milk, 2-3 tablespoons (optional- use only if the batter looks a little too thick)
  • • Vanilla Essence, 1 teaspoon
  • • Nutella, 8-10 teaspoons
Method
  1. Grease a 9"x5" loaf tin and set aside.
  2. In a bowl, sift together flour, baking powder and salt and keep aside to be used later.
  3. In a separate bowl, whisk butter until light and fluffy, about 4-5 minutes. Add in the sugar (can be a mix of white and dark brown). Whisk again until they're properly incorporated.
  4. Add in the egg and whisk again, lightly this time. Make sure you don't incorporate too much air into it or the bread will sink in the centre after it's done baking.
  5. Add in the banana puree. Make sure the puree isn't too chunky. Followed by milk and vanilla essence.
  6. Preheat the oven at 180 degrees for 5 minutes while you make the swirls.
  7. For the swirls: Divide your batter into 3 equal parts. Pour one part into your greased loaf pan and drop spoonfuls of Nutella onto it. Now run a skewer/toothpick through it. Run the skewer in any direction, just randomly until you have received your desired pattern.
  8. Nutella Swirl Banana Bread
  9. Top this with the 2nd part and repeat again. Finally, pour the remaining batter on top and make the swirls on top. Make sure you make these look good, the ones on the bottom layer are not going to show, this will.
  10. Bake the bread for 45 minutes at 180 degrees Celsius. When the first 15 minutes are up, take out your loaf pan and cover it with foil. This is done to avoid heavy browning.
  11. Once your Nutella Swirl Banana Bread is done, insert a skewer in the centre to check for doneness. If the skewer comes out clean it's done and you can transfer the bread to a wire rack carefully after 5 minutes. Otherwise, bake for 5 more minutes and check again.
Recipe by Sugar & Spice by Radhika at https://sugarnspicebyradhika.in/nutella-swirl-banana-bread/