Easy Apple Banana Cake Bread
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Easy Apple Banana Cake Bread
Description
Easy Apple Banana Cake Bread starts with cooking peeled, diced apples in butter, brown sugar, vanilla, and apple pie spice until soft to create a flavorful apple filling. Meanwhile, a butter, sugar, and banana-based cake batter is prepared and combined with dry ingredients including flour, baking soda, salt, and apple pie spice. The prepared apple filling is folded into the batter to distribute the fruitaceous sweetness evenly.
The batter is poured into a greased cake pan, topped with additional banana slices if desired, and baked until a toothpick test confirms doneness. The finished bread balances the natural sugars of ripe bananas and cooked apples with warm cinnamon and spice, producing a moist texture and aromatic crumb.
This bread is practical for breakfast, teatime, or dessert. It benefits from resting briefly after baking before cooling on a rack to complete set. Serving with powdered sugar or icing enhances sweetness and presentation. It can be sliced and stored for several days for quick enjoyment.
Ingredients
For the Apple Pie Filling
- 3 apple peeled and diced, medium sweet
- 2 Tablespoons butter unsalted
- 1-2 Tablespoon water
- ¼ cup brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 teaspoon apple pie spice
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
For the Batter
- ½ cup butter softened to room temperature, unsalted
- ½ cup granulated sugar
- ½ cup brown sugar
- 2 egg at room temperature, large
- 2 teaspoons vanilla
- 3 banana mashed, plus one for topping, whole, over-ripe
- 2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon apple pie spice
- 2 ½ cups all-purpose flour
Instructions
- Peel and dice the apples. Place in medium stock pan and add the remaining filling ingredients. Cook on medium heat until apples are soft, about 15 - 20 minutes. Remove to cool slightly.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray a round cake pan with oil or butter, set aside.
- In a standing mixer, cream the butter and sugars together. Add the eggs, vanilla, and mashed bananas and mix well.
- Combine the flour, baking soda, apple pie spice, and salt in a separate bowl. Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients, and mix until just combined.
- Pour the apple filling into the cake batter, and stir to combine. Pour the batter into the prepared pan and top with slices of banana, if desired.
- Place cake pan in preheated oven and bake for approximately 40 minutes, or until toothpick, when inserted, comes out clean.
- Let cake bread rest on counter for 15 minutes before flipping it onto a cooling rack. Top with powdered sugar or a simple icing.
Nutrition Information
Show DetailsNutrition Facts
Serving: 12slices
Amount Per Serving
Calories 279 kcal
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 279kcal | 14% |
| Carbohydrates | 42g | 14% |
| Protein | 4g | 8% |
| Fat | 11g | 17% |
| Saturated Fat | 6g | 30% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 1g | 6% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 3g | 15% |
| Trans Fat | 0.4g | 20% |
| Cholesterol | 53mg | 18% |
| Sodium | 393mg | 16% |
| Potassium | 64mg | 1% |
| Fiber | 1g | 4% |
| Sugar | 22g | 44% |
| Vitamin A | 336IU | 7% |
| Vitamin C | 0.1mg | 0% |
| Calcium | 27mg | 3% |
| Iron | 2mg | 11% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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Overall Rating
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