There was no school on Friday, so the kids and I decided to bake 🙂
Their grandma sent them a Cupcake Kit for Valentine’s Day- with Betty Crockers Fundamiddles, which had pink frosting in the middle of the cupcakes. (Thanks Grandma!) As I was preparing the cupcakes I noticed that we had a few bananas that were turning so I figured I would make some Banana Bread too!
Why not, right? (plus…I think I’ve been in the mood to cook all week, since we’ve had homemade, from scratch meals every single day this week)
The kids LOVED the cupcakes (which I didn’t get a picture of…but, they loved the Banana bread just as much!) They couldn’t keep their hands off of it! My daughter even said, “Mom, I think you make the best Banana Bread in the world!” I am sure she knows too–since she’s probably only had Banana Bread a few times in her life! 😉
I figured I’d give you all my recipe for this yummy treat! It was so moist and delicious!
- 3-4 very ripe mashed bananas about 1 cup
- 1 cup sour cream
- 1/4 cup butter
- 1 1/3 cups sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 3/4 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- Preheat oven to 350
- Grease and flour bread pan
- Mash together banana and sour cream
- In a large bowl, preferably in your mixer- cream together butter and sugar. Beat in the eggs, then add vanilla and banana mixture.
- Combine dry ingredients and pour into the banana mixture.
- Pour batter evenly into pan.
- Bake for 50 minutes.
Also, it was the Annual Daddy-Daughter Dance, and Alexis was so excited to go, she started getting ready for the dance hours before! 🙂
Since Daddy and Alexis were going out, Jaxen and I had our own little date. Here are pictures from the evening.
My Date
The flower he brought me for our date. He picked it out himself.
A corsage for daddy’s date.
She loved it- and couldn’t stop looking at it.
Who are you wearing?
Gap and a Cardigan by Target 😉
Close up of my handsome date. 🙂
Looks like lots of family fun.
OMG Sarah. This is so sweet, it brought a tear to my eye. What wonderful family memories!
To much fun..not I want banana bread and flowers!!
How fun! I’m sure its something your kids will remember for many years. On Valentines when our kids were little I would make supper with everything that was pink or heart shaped. I sat the table with a red tablecloth and used the good white china and crystal goblets. How cool is milk in a crystal goblet! I would lite the candles and turn down the lights. They felt so special and loved it.
That’s so sweet Dana- I think I would like milk in a crystal goblet 🙂
That’s awesome! What a great Friday!
So adorable!!! Must of been a great night for all of you!!
This recipe is very good, although I didn’t have sour cream I used plain yogurt. I also added walnuts, a dash of cinnamon and allspice. Will be putting in my personal Cookbook. Thanks a bunch
Just made this bread. It was exactly what I was looking for! Moist and very banana’y(I know that’s not a real word, but best way to describe this banana goodness!) I split the recipe between two pans because I thought it would fit in just one pan. I think it would have but it would have been a giant loaf. I just cooked it for less time and the bread turned out great! Thank you for sharing!