Banana Bread

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• Ingredients
  • 2/3 - 1 cup oil (~200-220g)
  • 1 cup sugar (~200g)
  • 4 cups flour (~600g)
  • 4 tsp baking powder
    • The original recipe said 1 1/2 tsp baking soda and 1/2 tsp baking powder, but it also works to just use baking powder (it would probably also be fine to use a bit less, but 4 tsp should work).
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1.2kg mashed bananas
    • This is only the weight of the mashed bananas, not including the peels. With the peels included, I usually need around 2kg. The original recipe only used around half as many bananas, but I like to use more. I once used even more bananas, but at some point, the resulting cake just turned into a mushy mess.
    • The bananas should ideally be a bit overripe so they aren't as hard anymore. You can also use bananas that have brown spots already, as long as they aren't actually moldy.
  • 100-200g chocolate pieces (optional)
    • You can leave away the chocolate or add even more depending on how unhealthy you want to live and how much you want to support the chocolate industry.
  • 4 eggs (optional)
    • I usually leave the eggs away, although they may be necessary when using fewer bananas, as is the case in the original recipe.
• Instructions
  • Mix all ingredients except for flour and baking powder.
    • The bananas can simply be mashed with a fork. (Image)
  • Add flour and baking powder and mix well.
  • Spread on tray (mine is around 30cm x 36cm, but you can also use a deeper tray so the cake isn't as thin). (Image)
  • Bake at 180C for around 1h.

Source: Handed down to me.