When you're a blogger, sometimes you have peaks of culinary obsessions. These generally calm down fairly quickly once the recipe is made (and devoured!). Other times, you're not satisfied and you test recipe after recipe until you find (or not) the ideal recipe. My current obsession is banana cake!
Since I tasted the perfect banana bread with rum and chocolate from Pavillon des Canaux (the English name for banana cake), I've been trying in vain to find the taste of this marvel. So when I saw that Christelle from the blog Once Upon a Time Pastry had just published a book on the subject, I jumped at the opportunity to do some new tests.
I should note that in general I am (very) picky about dessert recipes: always too much of this or not enough of that (whether it's me making it or not). So with this particular recipe where I had tasted the ultimate cake, I was even more demanding.
In the recipes I had tested, I hadn't liked the texture. We ended up with "wet" chips in a dry cake texture. Besides, the success was mixed each time, some loved it, others hated it.
So I took advantage of Christelle's book to try again with a rum and chocolate version. I took the basic recipe which I enhanced with my own touch. I notably used the rum syrup from Chefnini. To avoid banana chips, I was careful to blend the flesh well and not leave any chunks. By the way, special mention to Christelle for the trick of artificially cooking under-ripe bananas in the oven, it's super practical!
The recipe is super simple, you mix the ingredients in two separate bowls, combine and put in the oven. Great for a quick snack with friends! I'm also a fan of the decoration: bananas on top, it's simple but it makes a difference.
So, did Christelle's recipe equal the one from Pavillon? Yes! Even though the texture wasn't what I expected, since mine was super moist (but uniform), I loved the result! It sold like hot cakes, it was really a success.
I can't wait to test the other recipes to be able to play with slightly drier textures. The book contains lots of great recipes: speculoos chocolate banana bread, cocoa chip muffins, cream cheese/cranberries, banana bread pancakes (that's going to be my next breakfast!) but you can go ahead with your eyes closed on the basic recipe. And as always with Marabout, the recipes are simple and the price is great: €7.99!
And since they're cool, they offered me the chance to let you win a copy of the Banana Bread book. For that, you just need to like my "Camille Patisserie" Facebook page and leave a comment on this article to notify your participation!
You have until October 9 to participate!
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Edit: After drawing, it's Camille Fraccaro who wins the book, congratulations to you
Thank you all for your participation!
