Banana bread 2.0: Baking just got 5 times better

If you've relegated banana bread to the not-so-exciting cake category, it's time to change you're thinking. Here are five ingenious ways to turn spotting fruit into decadent desserts that you're bound to bake on the regular.

Caribbean banana bread

Source: Alan Benson

Just when you thought lamingtons couldn't get any better, along comes a banana bread version.
Banana bread lamingtons
Coconut banana bread lamingtons Source: Alan Benson
What delectable, sticky sweetness! This cake's spectacular looks belie how darned quick it is to rustle up.
Upside-down caramel banana bread
Source: Alan Benson

Melted butter makes this banana bread particularly rich; baking it on top of a chocolate crumb crust and finishing it off with a generous scatter of dark chocolate chips takes it into another stratosphere entirely.
Banana bread brownies
Source: Alan Benson
Sweet potato gives an added dimension here – extra moistness, extra sweetness and a touch of earthiness too.
Caribbean banana bread
Source: Alan Benson
Leftover banana bread floating about? Just carve it up into little pieces and you’re halfway toward making this fantastic dessert.
Banana bread trifle
Source: Alan Benson
Recipes by Leanne Kitchen. Photography by Alan Benson, styling by Sarah O'Brien and food preparation by Tina Mcleish. 

When she doesn’t have her head in the pantry cupboard, Leanne Kitchen finds time to photograph food and write cookbooks. You can view her work on her  or on .

 


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Published 24 February 2016 4:53pm
Updated 24 February 2016 5:47pm
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