In what proportions can I add bananas and buttermilk to a cake mix?

[unsinkable]

I have 3 ripe bananas and a quart of buttermilk that need to be used up. Should I substitute the buttermilk for the liquid, add eggs as called for in the recipe & add the bananas? What about oil?

 

Any advice?

[Mama Anna]

I was trying to use up bananas while making pancakes yesterday. My generic muffin recipe tells me to decrease the flour by 1/4 c. and then add 3/4 c. mashed bananas in with the liquids to make the banana variation. So I did the same ratio for the pancakes and they seemed to work.

 

Don't know if you want to try that with a cake - maybe you could find a ready recipe online? But it worked for the pancakes! :)

 

HTH!

 

Mama Anna

[Rosie_0801]

Here's my veganised banana muffin recipe:

BANANA CHOC CHIP MUFFINS

1 mashed banana

1 ½ cups wholemeal SR flour

1/4 cup sugar

½ cup vegan choc chips

¼ cup oil

¾ cup milk alternative

*1. Mix all the ingredients well and spoon into a well greased muffin tin. Bake for 20mins at 180C.

 

The original recipe called for 3/4 cup of sugar, but I really don't find it necessary and am intending to leave even the 1/4 cup out next time I make them.

 

:)

Rosie

[Mama Anna]

Unsinkable, I really hope you didn't take my advice! It was all wrong. (I just made the muffin recipe this morning.) It's the milk that you decrease by 1/4 of a cup, not the flour. Doh!!

 

Sorry!

 

(Pride goeth before destruction and a haughty spirit before a fall . . .)

 

Mama Anna

[unsinkable]

Unsinkable, I really hope you didn't take my advice! It was all wrong. (I just made the muffin recipe this morning.) It's the milk that you decrease by 1/4 of a cup, not the flour. Doh!!

 

Sorry!

 

(Pride goeth before destruction and a haughty spirit before a fall . . .)

 

Mama Anna

 

No worries! I've done nothing yet!

 

Thanks for the update.

[unsinkable]

Here's my veganised banana muffin recipe:

BANANA CHOC CHIP MUFFINS

1 mashed banana

1 ½ cups wholemeal SR flour

1/4 cup sugar

½ cup vegan choc chips

¼ cup oil

¾ cup milk alternative

*1. Mix all the ingredients well and spoon into a well greased muffin tin. Bake for 20mins at 180C.

 

The original recipe called for 3/4 cup of sugar, but I really don't find it necessary and am intending to leave even the 1/4 cup out next time I make them.

 

:)

Rosie

 

Thanks, Rosie!

[Nestof3]

I don't know, but I just wanted to mention that you can freeze both.

 

I freeze bananas for smoothies -- peel them and put in freezer bag.

 

If I were you, I would search for banana cake recipes.

 

If you go to www.allrecipes.com, you will see at the top "ingredients."

 

Enter banana and buttermilk.

 

You will get recipes using these items.

 

Here's one:

http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/A-Number-1-Banana-Cake/Detail.aspx

 

and another:

http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Banana-Snack-Cake/Detail.aspx

[unsinkable]

I don't know, but I just wanted to mention that you can freeze both.

 

I freeze bananas for smoothies -- peel them and put in freezer bag.

 

If I were you, I would search for banana cake recipes.

 

If you go to www.allrecipes.com, you will see at the top "ingredients."

 

Enter banana and buttermilk.

 

You will get recipes using these items.

 

Here's one:

http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/A-Number-1-Banana-Cake/Detail.aspx

 

and another:

http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Banana-Snack-Cake/Detail.aspx

 

thanks, Dawn!

[unsinkable]

UPDATE:

 

I found a recipe in Cake Mix Doctor. I used all the bananas & half the buttermilk. I'll use the rest for pancakes.

 

The recipe made 2 big loaves. the banana flavor was really subtle.