Sourdough banana bread
- Published: 5 Sep 23
- Updated: 25 Mar 24
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.
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Makes 1 loaf (enough to serve 6) -
Hands-on time 10 min. Oven time 1 hour, plus cooling
Nutrition
- Calories
- 310kcals
- Fat
- 8.3g (4.8g saturated)
- Protein
- 6.2g
- Carbohydrates
- 51g (19g sugars)
- Fibre
- 2.6g
- Salt
- 0.2g
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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.
Elaine uses a ‘cold start’ method of baking, where you don’t preheat the oven. Give it a go – it saves energy and time!