Ginger Cardamom Banana Bread

What kind of monster doesn’t love banana bread? Well, maybe that just leaves more ginger cardamom banana bread for you.

I’ll be honest, I’m not a huge fan of bananas on their own. But a good banana bread is a whole different story. A good banana bread is soft, cake-like, moist, and has just the right amount of banana flavoring. That is this banana bread recipe in a nutshell, with the added kick of fresh ginger and freshly ground cardamom. You will not be sorry that you upgraded to a ginger cardamom banana bread, after tasting this.

This banana bread recipe is easy, tasty, and not ye’ old generic flavor combo of vanilla and banana. The cardamom lends a really nice deep earthy notes and the ginger brings in a little bit of the spicy freshness associated with ginger. Together with the sweetness of the banana this bread is amazing. Whether you’re planning to serve this as a sweet breakfast treat, dessert, or just a tea loaf. It’s just about all your could ask for as far as ease and flavor.

I’m not sad to admit that I had this lovely bread for breakfast this morning with a nice hot cup of ginger tea. Looking for more banana bread? Of course you are! It’s fabulous. Check out our cardamom banana bread, chai banana bread, and ginger chai banana bread. See we’ve been busy! And now may be banana’d out.

Looking for a few more yummy desserts? Try these:

Ginger Cardamom Banana Bread

Course: DessertCuisine: American, Punjabi FusionDifficulty: Easy

Servings

8

servings

Prep time

10

minutes

Cooking time

1

hour 

10

minutes

Resting time

15

minutes

Total time

1

hour 

20

minutes

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Ingredients

• 1 3/4 cup all purpose flour

• 2 tsp baking powder

• 1/4 tsp baking soda

• 3/4 tsp salt

• 2 tsp cardamom, ground

• 1 cup mashed overripe bananas (approximately 4 bananas)

• 1/2 cup whole milk

• 1 1/2 tbsp fresh ginger, grated

• 1 tsp vanilla extract

• 1/2 cup vegetable shortening

• 1 cup sugar

• 2 eggs, room temperature

• 1 cup walnuts (optional)

Equipment/Specialty Items

• Green CardamomGreen Cardamom

Directions

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F
• Grease and flour 9 1/4 x 5 1/2 -inch loaf pan.
• In a medium sized mixing bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and cardamom.
• In a small bowl, mix bananas, milk, ginger and vanilla.
• Using an electric mixer or stand mixer, beat shortening until creamy. Approximately 2 minutes.
• Gradually beat in sugar.
• Beat in 1 egg at a time and beat for one minute between eggs.
• Beat banana mixture and flour mixture alternately into the shortening mixture in 2 additions each.
• If using walnuts, stir them in.
• Transfer batter to prepared loaf pan.
• Bake the banana bread till baked through and you can insert a knife or skewer into the center and it comes out clean. Approximately 60-70 minutes.
• Remove from oven and cool in loaf pan for 5 minutes
• Remove from loaf pan and cool on wire rack.
• Once cool, serve or store by putting it in an air tight container.

Notes

• If you want the extra banana on top – slice the banana length wise and place on top of batter before baking.

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