Tuesdays with Dorie: Black and White Banana Loaf

       The Master Taste Tester around here says "Mmm, yum, this is really good."  Since he is the one I need to please, I say this week's Dorie recipe is another hit.

       This week's Tuesdays with Dorie recipe, from the cookbook Baking:  From My Home to Yours by Dorie Greenspan, is The Black and White Banana Loaf, can be found on page 232, and was chosen by Ashlee from Year in the Kitchen.  

      The recipe was very easy, went together quickly, and I am still marveling at the wonderful way Dorie presents recipes in this book.   There are a lot of flavoring agents in this week's recipe:  vanilla, rum, banana, chocolate, nutmeg, lemon...and I kept thinking, "Wow, all these flavors sound very nice together, except, well, you know...I am going to try baking this one without the chocolate real soon." 

      

       That said, the recipe as presented, followed, baked, and served was a very big hit around here with the guys. 

       I followed it all exactly, no substitutions, no variations in cooking time, and apparently it turned out fine...another success.  We made the batter, halved it, making one half chocolate and one not, put big dollops of chocolate alternating with the non-chocolate batter, marbled them together, baked it for one and a half hours at 325 degrees, and it all came out beautifully.

       I tried a little bite of it where there wasn't any chocolate, and it was good.  Very good. 

      If you would like to make the recipe, you can click on Ashlee's site above and she will have it posted today at some point.  Sometimes it is good to try a recipe or two before you buy the book, and believe me, you will want to buy the book! 

      Next week's recipe is Blueberry Sour Cream Ice Cream, found on page 434, and chosen by Dolores of Chronicles in Culinary Curiosity.   

      Click here and then click on individual bakers' blogs at the site if you would like to see more of this week's recipe and the various ways people interpreted their quest.  Or, better yet, you can click and join us!  See you there.