Sourdough banana bread

Sourdough banana bread

Did you know you could make cake with sourdough starter? It adds distinctive tang to this banana bread from sourdough expert Elaine Boddy, made with a starter and perfectly ripe bananas to create a quick and easy bake.

Sourdough banana bread

Fancy something savoury? Use sourdough starter or discard in these seriously cheesy waffles.

  • Serves icon Makes 1 loaf (enough to serve 6)
  • Time icon Hands-on time 10 min. Oven time 1 hour, plus cooling

Did you know you could make cake with sourdough starter? It adds distinctive tang to this banana bread from sourdough expert Elaine Boddy, made with a starter and perfectly ripe bananas to create a quick and easy bake.

Fancy something savoury? Use sourdough starter or discard in these seriously cheesy waffles.

Nutrition: per serving

Calories
310kcals
Fat
8.3g (4.8g saturated)
Protein
6.2g
Carbohydrates
51g (19g sugars)
Fibre
2.6g
Salt
0.2g

Ingredients

  • 4 very ripe bananas
  • 200g white spelt, wholemeal spelt or plain flour
  • 100g sourdough starter
  • 50g runny honey
  • 50g slightly salted butter, at room temperature
  • 1 medium free-range egg
  • 7g bicarbonate of soda
  • 3.5g baking powder
  • 50g pecans or walnuts, whole or halved (optional)

Specialist kit

  • 2lb loaf tin
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Method

  1. Line the loaf tin with baking paper. Mash 3 of the bananas and put in a mixing bowl; slice the remaining banana lengthways and set aside.
  2. Add the rest of the ingredients to the bowl and mix into a lumpy batter, ensuring there are no patches of dry flour left but trying not to overmix. Spoon the mixture into the lined tin, then sit the sliced banana on top.
  3. Put the tin in the oven and turn the temperature to 160°C fan/gas 4. Bake for 1 hour, or until a skewer inserted in the centre of the banana bread comes out clean.
  4. Leave to cool in the tin on a wire rack for 10-15 minutes, then remove the bread from the tin and serve warm or at room temperature.

Nutrition

Nutrition: per serving
Calories
310kcals
Fat
8.3g (4.8g saturated)
Protein
6.2g
Carbohydrates
51g (19g sugars)
Fibre
2.6g
Salt
0.2g

delicious. tips

  1. Elaine’s tips “I highly recommend experimenting with the additions. I’ve used spelt flour for mine but you could use plain, wholemeal or bread flour (or a mix of them), or maybe try some einkorn and emmer flour. You can add nuts or not, chocolate chips, raisins… You can literally throw in whatever you fancy.”

    “You can use sourdough starter that’s at any stage in this recipe (including discard), as it’s only adding flavour rather than acting as a raising agent.

  2. Elaine uses a ‘cold start’ method of baking, where you don’t preheat the oven. Give it a go – it saves energy and time!

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Recipe By:

Elaine Boddy

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