Buttermilk, Banana & Blueberry Loaf
- Devaki Das
- Jun 27, 2020
- 2 min read
Updated: Dec 30, 2020

When the tin box in the kitchen, housing weekly baked goodies runs scant, I have no choice but to get baking. Because if you've got growing boys around you, you know that hunger seems to be their constant companion.
Notwithstanding the times when I am sure they are feigning.
For example, right after they've been fed breakfast and we are doing weekend errands. As the scent of grilled meat from a nearby restaurant wafts through the air,
" I am soooo hungry Mom"
"How can that be? We just ate breakfast"
" Mother, are you seriously going to starve your son?"
"What did you say?"
I am chuckling now and my 13-year son repeats himself to which he adds,
" Mother, you do know that it is perfectly normal for me to be hungry all the time, since I am going through puberty".
"And were we not going through puberty an hour ago, when you only ate one french toast?"
So you see my dilemma, a near-empty box of goodies will only mean more such conversations and so this is a perfect time as any to make a fruit-filled loaf. And since one can never ever have enough recipes featuring brown, overripe bananas, I consider it serendipitous that I have three such specimens on my countertop as we speak.
As far as I'm concerned, banana bread is a treat either way - becoming all the more special when served with a dollop of lemon curd or marmalade and just heavenly when studded with sweet, purple blueberries.
Between that, mushy bananas and puberty, what chance does a mother stand!
warmly,
Devaki
Recipe for
Buttermilk, Banana & Blueberry Loaf
Make 1 qty 9" x 5" loaf
Shopping list:
2 cups all-purpose flour
2-1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/4 cup regular white sugar
2 overripe bananas to yield 3/4 cup mashed bananas
3/4 cup buttermilk
2 large eggs
1/2 stick (approx 3 tbs) butter - melted & cooled
1 tsp pure vanilla extract
1 cup blueberries
To serve: Lemon curd or Orange Marmalade
Also required: 9" x 5" non-stick loaf pan, parchment paper & non-stick baking spray
Method:

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