Mini banana breads with Nutella®
The awesome blend of banana and Nutella
Some fruits are just a great match with Nutella and banana is a special one! Can you imagine the taste of a banana bread with Nutella spread on it? Now you have the dough for an exotic and fruit-tasty bread. It is a perfect match for a special breakfast as much as a tasty afternoon snack. Easy to prepare, easier to taste.
INGREDIENTS for 10 servings
150g Nutella®
80g soft butter
80g brown sugar
110g flour
35g corn starch
2 teaspoons (7g) baking powder
a pinch of salt
2 eggs
icing sugar
METHOD
Preheat the oven to 170°C (340°F) and position a baking rack in the middle of the oven.
Butter and flour 10 mini loaf tins or use silicone molds (8X4cm).
In a bowl, cream the butter with the brown sugar until pale and fluffy.
On a baking parchment, sift the flour together with the corn starch, the baking powder and the salt.
In a 3rd bowl, mash the bananas with a fork.
Mix the bananas with the eggs and incorporate to the butter and sugar mixture.
Then, gently fold the flour mixture in.
Transfer the cake batter into the molds and bake for about 20 minutes (or until a toothpick inserted in the middle of the cake comes out clean)
Remove from the oven, let the cakes cool down and unmold them
If the banana bread results not flat on both sides, even up the surface removing a thin slice with a knife.
Slice each cake in half lengthwise and spread 15g of Nutella® in between.
Decorate with icing sugar and a bit of Nutella®.
