Banana bread

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Banana bread is a type of bread that contains mashed yellow bananas. Banana bread is usually a quick bread: a sweet, cake-like bread which typically uses baking soda as the leavening agent instead of yeast; however, there are some banana bread recipes that are traditional-style yeast breads.^[1]

Contents 1 History 2 Distinguishing banana bread from banana cake 3 See also 4 References

[edit] History

Banana bread first became a standard feature of American cookbooks with the popularization of baking soda and baking powder in the 1930s, and appears in Pillsbury's 1933 Balanced Recipes cookbook. The origin of the first banana bread recipe is unknown, though some speculate it was originated in the 18th century by housewives experimenting with pearlash.^[2] The home baking revival of the 1960s and the simplicity of its recipe led to an explosion in banana bread's popularity. The cookbooks of the 1960s added to its popularity because they commonly listed multiple variations of bread that added fruits and nuts.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Distinguishing banana bread from banana cake

Banana bread is distinguished from banana cake as the former is baked in a loaf pan while the latter is baked in a round tin.^[3] An additional distinction is that banana bread is leavened^[4] while banana cake is unleavened^[5].

[edit] See also

• Bánh chuối, a banana cake from Vietnam.

[edit] References

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