As a teenager I was lucky enough to do an exchange with a family in France for one summer. I went to stay with the family for about 5 weeks and then one of their daughters, about the same age as me, came to stay with us. My mom thought it would be a great way to experience the country. It was a magical summer filled with wonderful memories. One of the girls we spent time with really liked Bananrama. Now everytime I hear
this song it makes me think of the time I spent there.
In memory of that wonderful summer and
Bananarama I decided to make some (drum roll please) banana bread. A long time favorite and I hadn't made it since becoming vegan. I turned to
The Joy of Vegan Baking and found a recipe for Chocolate Chip Banana muffins. I've never added chocolate to my banana bread now we are talking!
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I'd made a lot of muffins recently so I decided to make this into a cake, instead of using the usual loaf pan I thought a bundt cake would be a nice twist. I think it was the right choice, look how pretty it is. For a little more "flare" I added some banana slices to the top.
Another great recipe with a
chocolate bonus. They went bananas for it at work. If I had been able to make this in France and share it with my friends from that summer it would have been perfect.
Do you have a favorite summer memory? A favorite banana recipe?
WHOA! I'd kill for a slice of this baby right now!
ReplyDeleteThat looks delicious, I LOVE banana bread! I would have loved to have spent a summer in France, lucky you! And I had a laugh watching those old Bananarama videos :)
ReplyDeleteThat looks so good, it's crazy! I always go the hippe route with my banana bread - whole wheat flour and such - but I have to admit that the idea of adding chocolate chips sounds pretty excellent. :)
ReplyDeleteLove the banana slices arranged on top. :-)
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