Banana Loaf with Hazelnut

So this is our second loaf! We decided to do a banana loaf (as you can tell by the title) with hazelnuts and a chocolate glaze! The recipe is basically the same expect that we used bananas and hazelnuts instead of apples, walnuts and cranberries. I found that our loaf was cooked for a little too long but it had too because for some reason the inside was still wet after the time was up >.< but overall it was a good loaf!

Our Finished Product

The recipe:

Ingredients:  

• 1 Banana (mashed)
• 185 mL hazelnut (chopped)
• 310 mL flour
• 185 mL sugar
• 5 mL baking powder
• 5 mL salt
• 2 mL baking soda
• 2 mL cinnamon ( you could put lesser if you don't like cinnamon or none at all)
• 1-2 mL of nutmeg (same with the nutmeg)
• 2 eggs
• 125 mL vegetable oil (we used vegetable oil) or butter (melted) or plain yogurt (it doesn't really have to be plain yogurt) or sour cream
• 5 mL vanilla extract
• 5 mL citrus zest (optional)

Method:

1. Preheat the oven to 350°F or 180°C. Lightly butter/spray one 9-by-5 inch loaf pan or three 6-by-3 inch mini pan.
2. Mix in the flour, sugar, baking powder, alt, baking soda, cinnamon and nutmeg in a large bowl.
3. Add your dry mix-in (hazelnuts) in the flour mixture.
4. In a separate bowl, whisk 2 eggs, 125 mL of vegetable oil (or the other ingredients that you choose), 5 mL vanilla extract and the citrus zest (optional).
5. Stir in your fruit or vegetable (banana) into the egg mixture.
6. Fold in the egg mixture into the dry mixture until combined.
7. Spread the batter in the prepared pans. Baked until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 55 minutes for a standard loaf pan and about 35-40 minutes for mini loaf pans.
8. After they are done baking, cool 30 minutes in the pan(s) on a rack and then turn out onto the racks to cool completely.

 The glaze:

The glaze is an optional thing for your loaf. For this loaf we made a Chocolate Glaze which was even simpler then the other one

Ingredients:  

• 250 mL of confectioners' sugar
• 30 mL cocoa powder
• 30 mL of milk
• 1 mL of vanilla extract
• a pinch of salt

 Method:

1. Whisk the confectioners' sugar, cocoa powder, milk, vanilla extract and salt together until liquid/mixed together. You may need to add more milk if does not mix together well.

  Our Product:

It looks kind of flat because someone forgot to put something in it

With chocolate glaze

Inside of the loaf