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Delicious Banana Bread

rockchick · nigella.com · Serves: cake serves 8 small slices

Against 708 banana bread recipes

Less banana than 96% of recipes and more leavening than 95%.

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How it compares

Against the typical loaf: the median of 708 banana bread recipes, per 100 g of flour.

  • Less banana than 96% of recipes: 83% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 148%.
  • More leavening than 95% of recipes: 7.1% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 3.5%, about twice as much.
  • No salt at all, where 80% of recipes use some (most of those 0.6 to 1.6% of the flour weight).
  • More sugar than 78% of recipes: 100% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 78%.
Banana: 83%, 4th percentileSugar: 100%, 80th percentileFat: 40%, 38th percentileEgg: 35%, 22nd percentileDairy: 0%, 23rd percentileLeavening: 7.1%, 96th percentileSalt: 0%, 10th percentileBananaSugarFatEggDairyLeaveningSalt
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (7)

  • 2 ounces margarine57 g
  • 5 ounces granulated sugar142 g
  • 1 banana≈ 118 g
  • 1 egg≈ 50 g
  • ½ teaspoon vanilla essence≈ 2.1 g
  • 5 ounces self-rising flour142 g
  • ½ teaspoon baking soda≈ 3 g

flour 142 gbatter 513 g

≈ marks grams converted from cups and spoons with standard densities; the rest are weights the source printed.

Baker's percentages

Grams per 100 g of flour, and where that falls among all 708 recipes. Shaded: the middle half. Tick: the median. Leavening includes the baking powder in the self-rising flour, counted as 5% of its weight.

  • Banana83% · 4th percentile
  • Sugar100% · 80th percentile
  • Fat40% · 38th percentile
  • Egg35% · 22nd percentile
  • Dairy0% · 23rd percentile
  • Leavening7.1% · 96th percentile
  • Salt0% · 10th percentile

Oven

Temperature
not stated
median 350°F
Time
40 minutes
median 55 minutes

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