Nearly 4 years after the last Smackdown, and now I've posted 2 within a couple of months!
Whaaaaat???
Here we come with - Banana Bread.
Banana bread and smoothies are the only way I will eat bananas - it took me years and years to enjoy them those ways. Out of the peel? I won't eat 'em. Bleh.
Banana bread is something that once I did start to eat I was still "meh" about, until I discovered the banana bread in Cookin with Coolio which is really the best banana bread ever.
Or is it?
Coolio has previously battled on Smackdown - and won - a chicken battle. Today he is up against another of my faves - Chrissy Teigan and her Banana Bundt Bread.
First up - Coolio. The first thing I have to tell you is the my copy of his book is falling apart at the recipe for this bread because I have made it so many times.
His bread is made in a standard loaf pan, and is ready in an hour (plus cooling time). It's a pretty basic one - sugar, honey, butter, eggs, banana, flour. Classic.
In the other corner is Chrissy Teigen's banana bundt bread. This story was all over twitter for a while when Chrissy was testing the recipe for her next book and was looking for someone who had ripened bananas they would give to her. The story was funny and the recipe piqued my interest - coconut and chocolate in banana bread???
This one veers away from being traditional (for me); beside the coconut and chocolate there is also vanilla pudding mix, which is something I am pretty sure I've never baked with before. This also fills up a big bundt pan - this is a huge cake.
The Verdict -Coolio wins it with his classic loaf. Chrissy's is also delicious (dark chocolate FTW) but there is just so much going on - if you want a basic 'nana bread, Coolio is the one. Feeling fancy? Go with CT.
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