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Banana & Butterscotch Pound Cake




Source of Recipe


Vanilla Sugar


Recipe Introduction


I, of course, paid no attention to the author's note that she used 2 loaf pans and used only one and when I saw for myself that there was too much batter, I put some in muffin liners. Naturally, the batter in the loaf pan overflowed. But, the taste and texture of this cake/bread is fantastic. I plan to make this again soon and try it in a bundt pan.


List of Ingredients




2-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 TBSP baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
� tsp salt
� cup buttermilk
� cup mascarpone cheese
6 ounce unsalted butter, at room temperature
� tsp ground cinnamon
1 cup sugar
2 large eggs
3 fully ripe bananas, mashed
� cup butterscotch chips

Recipe



Preheat oven to 350F. Grease and flour a 9-x-5-3-inch loaf pan. (I did 2 of these). Make sure to grease and flour, do not skip this step!


Sift flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt into a medium bowl and set aside.


Combine the buttermilk and mascarpone cheese in a small bowl and set aside. In a separate bowl beat eggs then combine them to the buttermilk & mascarpone mixture.


Using a standing mixer fitted with a paddle attachment beat the butter with the cinnamon on high speed until soft and creamy, about 1 minute. Slowly add the sugar beating continuously on high speed.


The mixture should be light, fluffy and creamy white in color. Stop the mixer and scrape down the sides of the bowl with a rubber spatula.


Add one third of the flour mixture to the batter and beat until it is just incorporated. Add one third of the mascarpone cheese mixture and mix until just incorporated. Add the flour and mascarpone mixture in two more additions, mixing until addition is incorporated before adding the next. Fold in the mashed bananas and butterscotch chips.


Pour the batter into prepared pan. Bake for 1 hour and 15 minutes. (mine was done in an hour, so watch your bread as the hour-mark approaches, but I have a convection oven that seems to have a higher heat than most ovens; so your bread my take longer than an hour. always use a cake tester to judge if it's done or not).


Cool in the pan on a rack for 5-10 minutes, then remove from pan and set on rack to cool. Serve warm or at room temperature. Note: you might be tempted to add nuts to this - don't! I did and it just didn't taste the same.