Super Moist Banana Bread Recipe
This post may contain affiliate links.Here is the ultimate recipe of super moist banana bread with palm sugar and coconut oil. It is fail-proof so you can try it even if it is your first time baking in the kitchen.
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Why You Will Love This Recipe
Recipe Ingredients
Ingredient Notes
Overripe bananas – Don’t be sad if you have overripe bananas. The more ripe it is, the better it is for banana bread. It will give the subtle sweetness and moistness.
Organic palm sugar – If you can’t find organic palm sugar, brown sugar will do. But the taste will be different. Palm sugar has its own fragrant smell and unique taste. Combined with regular sugar, it creates a subtle sweetness.
Cinnamon ground – This gives the banana bread the next level. Palm sugar with cinnamon goes very well together.
Unsalted butter – Butter will give the bread a sturdy and yet moist texture. If you use salted butter, eliminate the salt.
Coconut oil – Coconut oil gives the ultimate moistness. If you don’t have any coconut oil, you can use vegetable oil, as long as it is odorless.
How to Make
STEP 1. Mash bananas using a fork (Image 1) or food processor. Overripe bananas are easy to mash. If you use food processor, pour some milk to make it easier. I prefer using fork so I can get to taste some banana chunks in the cake. Melt unsalted butter in a microwave or on a pan with low heat. Do not let it boil. Set aside for later use.
STEP 2. In a bowl, put in eggs, palm sugar, white sugar, salt, and vanilla extract. Mix with high speed until thick and pale (Images 2, 3). Put in the mashed bananas. Mix for a while.
STEP 3. Sieve flour, baking powder, baking soda, and cinnamon ground into the batter (Image 5). Mix and fold using a spatula. Mix the melted butter with the oil, take some of the batter, mix well (Image 6). Pour into the big bowl, mix well (Image 7). Pour into a lined baking pan. Here I use 18×18 cm pan.
STEP 4. Knock the pan a few times to let the air out (Image 9). Put the pan in a pre-heated oven of 180°C for 5-10 minutes. Take it out when it has a little bit of skin on top. Decorate with some bananas and almond slices (Images 10, 11). Put it back into the oven and continue baking for another 30 minutes or until it is brown on top (Image 12). Insert a bamboo stick to check if the cake is done. Take out from the pan and let it cool on a cooling rack.
Pro Tips
- Prepare the baking pan ahead. Grease with butter and line it with baking paper.
- Mash the bananas using a fork if you like it coarse. If you like it fine, put the bananas in the food processor. Add some milk to make it smooth.
- Use odorless oil like coconut oil or canola oil.
- To put slices of banana on top for decoration, you need to let the top of the cake form a skin strong enough to hold the bananas. Let it bake for 10 to 15 minutes. Press the sliced bananas a little to let it stick to the top.
How to Serve
Serve this banana bread with Oolong Milk Tea or Rose Milk Tea. Or on a plate with a scoop of Vanilla ice cream!
FAQs for Super Moist Banana Bread
You can tell ripe bananas by the black dots on its skin. The more black dots, the riper the bananas.
Yes, you can. The flavor and color will be slightly different from the recipe using a combination of palm sugar and regular sugar. It is up to your preference.
This recipe calls for a combination of oil and melted butter to give the moistness of oil and richness of the butter. You can substitute the amount of butter with oil. It will be as moist as this recipe.
Storage
Banana bread can be stored in a chiller for up to one week provided you wrap it with a cling wrap or store it in a closed container.
Reheat the banana bread in the microwave or oven. It will be just like new.
More Moist Asian Cake Recipes
- Another popular cake in Asia that is super moist is Thai Butter Cake. The texture is unbelievably soft and
- If you have the time to make this Thousand Layer Cake or Lapis Legit, you definitely must try this one.
- Less time-consuming but still worth to try because it super moist is Lapis Surabaya.
- And don’t miss this Starbucks copycat Banana Bread that is super moist as well.
Super Moist Banana Bread
Ingredients
- 4 large eggs
- 55 gr palm sugar
- 35 gr sugar
- ½ tsp salt
- 240 gr ripe banana puree + 20 gr milk
- 180 gr cake flour
- ½ tsp baking powder
- ¼ tsp baking soda
- ¼ tsp cinnamon
- ½ tsp vanilla extract
- 60 gr unsalted butter melt
- 60 gr coconut oil
Instructions
- Mash bananas using a fork or food processor. Overripe bananas are easy to mash. If you use food processor, pour some milk to make it easier.
- Melt unsalted butter in a microwave or on a pan with low heat. Do not let it boil. Set aside.
- In a bowl, put in eggs, palm sugar, white sugar, and salt. Mix with high speed for 10 minutes.
- The batter should be thick and pale and leave trail after 10 minutes.
- Put in the mashed bananas. Mix for a while.
- Sieve flour, baking powder, baking soda, and cinnamon ground into the batter.
- Mix and fold the batter using a spatula.
- Pour in melted butter and coconut oil. Put in vanilla extract.
- Mix and fold.
- Pour the well-mixed batter in a baking pan or muffin cup.
- Knock the pan a few times to let the air out.
- Put the pan in a pre-heated oven of 180°C for 5 minutes. Take it out when it has a little bit of skin on top. Decorate with some bananas.
- Put back into the oven and let it bake for 40 minutes. Insert a bamboo stick to check the cake.
- Take out from the oven and let it cool on the cooling rack.
- Cut the banana bread in slices. Enjoy!
This is the easiest banana bread you can make if it is your first time baking in the kitchen. It is super moist and tastes delicious!