Adding fresh fruit to a non fruited banana bread
I have a banana bread recipe that I love. I want to add other fresh fruit and nuts or chocolate to it. Do I need to adjust the other ingredients to take into account these additions?
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If you add chocolate and nuts, no. They can be added without any adjustments, as they don't tend to affect the rest of the cake at all. Fresh fruit is a bit trickier, since it tends to release a great deal of liquid when cooked which can make the result soggy. In general, if you add fresh fruit to a cake you want to toss it in some starch (eg corn starch or potato starch) to absorb the liquid it will release. Each piece of fruit should be completely coated and then just folded into the batter.
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Small dried fruit such as cranberries, blueberries, and of course, raisins work well in banana bread. You can also use larger types of dried fruit; just be sure to chop them into about 1/4-inch pieces before adding. Try apricots, dried plums (that's what prunes may be called these days), cherries, and pears.How do you update banana bread mix?
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