BANANA STREUSEL CAKE FULL
BANANA STREUSEL CAKE PRO

Remember to scrape down the sides frequently. With a stand or hand mixer, cream the butter and sugar together on medium-high speed until light and fluffy. In a small bowl, whisk the flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt together. (I used a food processor for speed’s sake - and because I’m lazy - but this can be done by hand.) You are looking for a variety of sizes, from pea size to lentil size to a few grape-size ones for the top. Pour the mixture into a bowl, and using your hands, gather the mixture together to form large clumps, then break them down again into smaller pieces. Add the butter and pulse until the butter is well-incorporated and the mixture looks like wet, coarse sand. In a food processor, combine the flour, brown sugar and cinnamon and pulse to blend. Spray with non-stick spray or grease a 13 x 9-inch metal baking pan (if you use glass, lower the heat by 25 degrees and watch the timing carefully).įirst make the loose-l/ streusel. Optional: 1 1/2 cups chopped, toasted pecans or walnuts For the Cake:ġ cup (4 ounces) whole wheat flour (don’t have whole wheat flour? all-purpose white flour is fine)Ħ ounces (1 1/2 sticks) butter, room temperatureġ/2 cup sour cream or plain yogurt (preferably full-fat)ġ 1/2 cups (or so) mashed over-ripe bananas (about 4 medium or 3 large ones) How to: In exchange, the neighbors receive cake.īanana Streusel Coffee Cake Ingredients: For the Streusel Filling and Topping:Ĥ ounces (1 stick) butter, cold and cut into 4 pieces That’s what I did and was gifted with enough to make this cake and more enticements for a later date. The streusel isn’t the chunky, crumbly kind you find on traditional New Jersey coffee cake, but much softer the streusel bakes into a ribbon of cinnamony soft caramel, disappearing into the batter in some places and leaving pockets of gooeyness in others.ĭon’t have any speckled, overripe bananas around? Ask your neighbors.

BANANA STREUSEL CAKE FULL

Tender and full of banana flavor, this cake features streusel in the middle and on the top.

BANANA STREUSEL CAKE PRO

This is the kind of cake that makes you mix metaphors faster than a Kitchen Aid Pro 6000. The kind you invite to brunch and then ply with champagne to get it to stay until dinner, and perhaps…after….Sleek and low-riding, with a toffee-streusel racing stripe that undulates through this cake lets you know it doesn’t settle for second-best and neither should you.

Banana streusel cake