Banana Bread without Baking soda

slices of Banana bread on a cooling rack.

5 from 2 votes

Banana Bread without Baking soda

Did you know that you can achieve a fluffy texture and tender crumb in your banana bread without baking soda? While many quick bread recipes rely on this ingredient for the proper lift, your delicious banana bread doesn't need it! This easy banana bread without baking soda is the perfect go-to recipe whether you've run out of the ingredient or not.

Prep Time15

Cook Time45

Total Time1

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Servings:

Calories: 288kcal

Author: Katalin Nagy

Equipment

Ingredients

90 g Granulated sugar
90 g Brown sugar
120 g Oil no flavor vegetable oil
250 g Mashed bananas ripe bananas
2 Eggs room temperature
230 g All purpose flour
½ teaspoon Salt
2 teaspoon Baking powder
1 teaspoon Spice eg. cinnamon or homemade pumpkin spice
1 Banana cut into half to decorate the top

Metric - US Customary

Instructions

Prepare your Loaf pan and grease it throughout
Pre-heat your oven to 175 C / 347 F (no fan)
Using your electric hand mixer, in a large bowl whip oil, eggs, and the 2 different kinds of sugar for a few minutes until fluffy, then fold banana puree in
Sift dry ingredients together (flour, baking powder, salt, spices) then fold it into the wet ingredient using a rubber spatula
Pour the cake batter into your Loaf tin then place banana halves on top
Bake for 45 min or until a skewer inserted in the middle of the cake comes out clean
Cut only after the cake has come to room temperature. Serve it fresh and store any leftovers at room temperature in an air-tight container for 3-5 days

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Notes

INGREDIENT NOTES

All ingredients must be at room temperature to properly emulsify: eggs, banana puree, etc.
Use good quality vegetable oil that has no taste
Make sure that your baking powder has not expired

TECHNIQUE NOTES

Digital scale is required for a consistent, happy baking experience:)
Do not overwork the cake batter, after the wet ingredients are whipped, switch to a rubber spatula to incorporate the dry ingredients
Grease your tin throughout so the Banana bread can easily be removed after baking. Check my article on how to get cakes out of pans easily
Always pre-heat your oven and consider using a digital oven thermometer for the best results
Baking this Banana bread takes 45 minutes in my oven however focus on the texture, not the time. Apply the toothpick check (it should come out clean) to avoid raw cake

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