When you're a blogger, sometimes you experience peaks of culinary obsessions. These usually calm down fairly quickly once the recipe has been made (and devoured!). Other times, you're not satisfied and you test recipe after recipe until you find (or don't find) the ideal recipe. My current obsession is banana cake!
Since I tasted the perfect rum chocolate banana bread from Pavillon des Canaux (the English name for banana cake), I've been trying in vain to recreate the taste of this marvel. So when I saw that Christelle from the blog Il était une fois la pâtisserie had just published a book on the subject, I jumped at the opportunity to do new tests.
You should know that in general I'm (very) picky about dessert recipes: always too much of this or not enough of that (whether I make it or not for that matter). So on this recipe in particular where I had tasted the ultimate cake, I was even more demanding.
In the recipes I had tested, I didn't like the texture. You ended up with "moist" chocolate chips in a dry cake texture. Besides, the success was mixed every time, some loved it, others hated it.
So I took advantage of Christelle's book to try a rum chocolate version again. I took the basic recipe and customized it to my taste. I notably used the rum syrup from Chefnini. To avoid banana bits, 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 them and put in the oven. Great for a quick snack with friends! I also love 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 hotcakes, it was really a success.
I can't wait to test the other recipes to play with slightly drier textures. The book contains tons of great recipes: speculoos chocolate banana bread, cocoa chip muffins, cream cheese/cranberries, banana bread pancakes (that's going to be my next little breakfast!) but you can go in blindfolded on the basic recipe. And as always with Marabout, the recipes are simple and the price is unbeatable: €7.99!
And since they're cool, they offered me the chance to win you a copy of the Banana Bread book. For that, you just have to like my Facebook page "Camille Patisserie" and leave a comment under this article to notify your participation!
You have until October 9 to participate!
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Edit: After the draw, it's Camille Fraccaro who wins the book, congratulations to you
Thank you all for your participation!
