Ingredients

The following ingredients have 12 Servings
  • 1 cup : All purpose flour
  • 1/2 cup whole wheat flour
  • 3/4 cup Sugar
  • 1 Egg
  • 2 Orange (orange zest: 1 teaspoon and orange juice about 1/3 cup + half of 1/3 cup)
  • 3 Banana
  • 1/2 tsp Baking soda
  • 1/4 tsp Baking powder
  • 1 tsp Vanilla
  • 1/4 tsp Salt
  • 1/3 cup Walnut (Lightly toasted and crushed)
  • 3 pods Cardamom
  • 1/3 cup Canola oil

Instruction

  • Preheat the oven to 350  Fahrenheit.
  • Lightly grease the bottom and sides of an 8 1/2 by 4 1/2 by 2 1/2-inch loaf pan with oil. Line the bottom with parchment paper, and then flour the sides of pan.
  • Set aside orange zest and juice from two orange. Mash bananas using a fork or potato masher and keep aside.
  • In a large bowl sift together flour, baking soda, baking powder, crushed cardamom and salt. Keep aside.
  • In a medium bowl beat egg with sugar and add orange juice, orange zest , oil and vanilla extract and mix everything incorporated well.
  • Gradually add wet ingredients to dry ingredients and mix everything well.
  • Finally fold in mashed banana and add crushed walnut and fold once again gently.
  • Pour the batter into the prepared pan and smoothen the tops with a spatula. .
  • Bake for 55 minutes or until skewer comes out clean.  Cool the bread in the pan for 5 minutes and remove it and cool in the wire rack for another 1 hour.
  • Slice the bread and enjoy