For absolutely no other reason than I wanted to and it sounded good and I also had two sad bananas and didn’t want to make banana bread earlier this fall I got completely obsessed with making sticky toffee banana puddings except by pudding I mean British for cake or sometimes a steamed cake and sometimes just dessert (did I get that right? please help your confused American friend). Sticky toffee pudding is usually made with dates and almost everyone I’ve ever told who’s had it but doesn’t look at recipes for fun and entertainment (funny!) has found that baffling but yes dried dates are soaked and blended until smooth and added to a light brown sugar and butter cake that’s been spooned – I mean really soaked – with a warm toffee/butterscotch sauce and a huge spoonful of unsweetened whipped cream or clotted cream and sometimes sprinkled with a few flakes of sea salt and it’s just unbelievably unforgettably decadent.
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How to Make the Best Banana Bread with Smitten Kitchen
This is that but for bananas. This is definitely not banana bread. There’s no cinnamon or nutmeg in this. I wanted this to taste like a cozy winter cake so there’s dark brown sugar vanilla and even a dollop of molasses or treacle for extra gravitas trust me it works here. It’s heavenly with the sauce and cream and no matter what you make on New Year’s Eve it’s the only thing people will be talking about the next day. (I mean unless your behavior is particularly legendary in which case this cake will happily leave the spotlight.)
The year in Smitten Kitchen
I love hearing what your favorite recipes have been from year to year and this recipe certainly did not disappoint in the first year that a savory recipe won out over a baked good. So let’s talk about this crispy rice bowl that I still crave when I have leftover rice — I don’t blame you one bit. You can check out all 16 recipes on this page or individually below.
