I’m so excited, over-joyed and extremely happy *screams out loud* We’ve reached 1000 Likes on Facebook! YAAYY!! *Happy Dance*. A BIG THANK YOU to all you awesome people who are appreciating and liking my recipes!
Today, as we’re celebrating 1000 Facebook Likes, I decided to do something different and hence came up with the idea to do a Step-by-Step Pictorial Recipe. Aren’t you excited? I’m sure you are, I’m too 😀
So here goes my First step-by-step pictorial recipe of the Blog “The Banella Bread with cream cheese swirl” Did the name Banella just confuse you? No worries it’s my name for Banana+Nutella = Banella (aww… isn’t that cute J ). This is so delicious and so so easy to make.
Come on Foodies, grab your tools, IT’S BAKING TIME!
First things first, Preheat oven to 180° C or 350° F. Grease a 9” x 5” loaf pan with butter and line it with parchment paper
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Mash the bananas using a potato masher or with the back of the spoon. Don’t mash completely let it have some small lumps in it.
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Sift together flour, salt and baking soda in a bowl. In a separate bowl combine sugar and butter using a beater, until smooth. Add egg to it, beating after every addition.
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Add mashed bananas to it then milk and vanilla essence and mix to combine.
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Combine all the dry ingredients with the sugar-butter mixture, until smooth.
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In a microwave safe bowl put in Nutella and microwave for about 15 seconds. Mix it with a spoon so that its softened. In a separate bowl, take one cup banana bread batter add Nutella to it. This is now Nutella batter
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In a bowl combine cream cheese and egg until smooth.
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Carefully add the three batters prepared into the pan. First the banana batter, then Nutella batter, then cream cheese. Give it a nice swirl with the back of the spoon. Then again cover with the banana batter and Nutella batter until finished.
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Swirl on the top of the batter and bake it for 50 to 60 minutes or until a tooth pick inserted comes out clean
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Allow it to cool in the pan for 15 minutes (This will allow it to set). Remove and allow to cool on wire rack for 10 minutes.
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Slice it up and serve while it is still warm. Serve it with some melted Nutella.
Banella Bread with Cream Cheese Swirl
Ingredients
- 2 cups Flour
- 3/4 tsp Baking Soda
- 1/2 tsp Salt
- 1/4 cup butter (softened)
- 1 cup Sugar
- 1 1/4 cup Mashed Bananas
- 1 tsp Vanilla Essence
- 1/3 cup Milk
- 3 Eggs
- 3/4 cup Nutella
- 1/4 cup Cream Cheese
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 180° C or 350° F. Grease a 9” x 5” loaf pan with butter and line it with parchment paper
- In a bowl sift together flour, salt and baking soda
- In a separate Large bowl, cream sugar and butter together. Add 2 eggs (one at a time), beating well after each addition. Add mashed bananas, milk and vanilla essence and beat until combined. Add dry flour ingredients and beat on low until combined. (don’t over beat)
- In a small microwave safe bowl, melt Nutella for about 15 seconds. Mix so its evenly heated and softened. Add Nutella to 1 cup of banana batter and mix well
- In a separate small bowl beat egg and cream cheese together until combined
- Spoon carefully all there batters in the pan alternating banana batter, nutella batter, cream cheese. Swirl it with the back of a spoon
- Bake for about 50-60 minutes. Cool in the pan for 15 minutes remove from pan and let cool on a wire rack for 10 mintues
- Slice and serve while warm. Serve with additional melted Nutella.
Sadaf F K.
Congratulation on the achievement, Hira, your deserve many 1000 of likers! Beautiful swrill-y bread. Banana and Nutella (I mean Banella) is a winner together, love your creativity! 🙂