Banana Bread Recipe In Slow Cooker

Bake without heating up the kitchen! Try this simple Crockpot Banana Bread Recipe and see how easy baking in your slow cooker is!

I love freshly baked banana bread, but as the weather gets hotter I hate turning the oven on. Did you know you can bake and never open your oven? The key is your slow cooker! Don’t believe me? Try this simple Crockpot Banana Bread Recipe! It turns out even more moist and amazing in the slow cooker!

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You are going to make this very similarly to a regular banana bread. Grease and flour your loaf pan or the inside of your crock. Cream together the butter and sugar with your mixer. Add in the eggs, vanilla, and mashed bananas.

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*Pro tip* Don’t have brown bananas ready to go, or do you have to many? Did you know you can freeze overripe bananas and use them in recipes like this? Check out this great tip all about freezing bananas on A Few Shortcuts.

Once the wet ingredients are mixed, stir in the dry ingredients to create your batter. Pour into the slow cooker or pan and cook on high for 2-3 hours. Start checking for doneness at 2 hours.

This recipe is easily customizable which is perfect! You can mix in nuts, blueberries, or strawberries, etc. My son loves it when I mix in chocolate chips. What kid wouldn’t?

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The trick for this recipe is finding a baking pan that will fit down inside your crockpot. Of course, you are going to want to use a larger crockpot for this. I used a 6 Quart Crockpot.

Don’t have a large crockpot? It’s OK. You can just line a smaller crockpot (4 qt or smaller) with parchment paper and bake it right in the crock itself.

I have made this recipe beautifully with a gluten free flour blend. I have even made banana bread before with only corn flour. It works surprisingly well! SO YUMMY!

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**Gluten Free** Use a Gluten free all purpose flour blend and add 1 tsp Xanthum gum. **Dairy Free** Substitute a dairy free margarine or butter flavored crisco instead of butter.

Is it a bread or a cake? There’s the question! Here is the UK, banana bread is often referred to as a bread rather than a cake because it’s traditionally baked in a small loaf tin and served with butter or cream cheese (rather than iced). However the fact that it’s made from a cake batter rather than a dough leads to the

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One thing’s for sure, as it’s a sumptuous treat and it’s packed full of fruit, it doesn’t feel quite so sinful eating it!

The thing I like about baking banana bread in the slow cooker is that is always comes out incredibly soft and moist. The slow cooker promotes a lovely, gentle rise which suits this recipe perfectly. I simply line the slow cooker with foil and baking parchment, pour in the batter and leave it. After a few hours, I’m rewarded with a deliciously soft banana cake.

Bananas – Ripened. The best ones to use are the ones that have a plenty of brown patches on the skin. Peel then mash them into a pulp with a fork or potato masher.

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Sugar – Caster sugar (superfine sugar) is perfect for blending into cake mixture and will produce a light coloured sponge. I also add a smaller quantity of soft, brown sugar as this has a richer, malty taste and slightly darkens the colour of the cake.

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Baking Powder – Add baking powder in addition to using self raising flour to help the rise as the cake has a high concentration of fruit.

The foil will help to distribute the heat evenly across the cake mixture, the parchment creates a case for the cake mixture.

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Here are the steps to prepare the banana cake batter. This can be done by hand in a large mixing bowl with a wooden spoon, or in a stand mixer.

You can serve it plain, or like a tea loaf with a smear of butter on top of the slice! If you are feeling indulgent why not make up a light cream cheese icing for the top?

This is a base recipe for a banana bread which is flavourful and moist in its own right. That’s not to say it can’t be given a few twists to add interest! Here’s a few ideas.

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Chocolate chip banana bread – Chocolate and banana is a great combination! Add 75g of chocolate chips to the cake batter to make a chocolate banana loaf. I prefer dark chocolate chips to balance the sweetness.

Spice – Adding half a teaspoon of cinnamon or nutmeg to the mixture will add a fragrant spiced edge to the cake.

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Nuts – Sprinkle crumbled walnuts through the cake mixture and over the top once it’s ready for baking. These provide a sweet, earthy flavour and look beautiful once baked. You could also add a hint of maple syrup flavour to the cake (as maple and walnuts are an amazing taste combination!). Simply pierce the cake with a skewer once it’s cooked and drizzle over a few teaspoons of maple syrup. This will smother the walnuts and soak into the sponge wonderfully.

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This banana bread can be kept in an airtight cake tin or box for up to 5 days. It’s a naturally moist cake so it doesn’t dry out quickly. It can also be frozen for up to three months, simply wrap tightly in cling film and freeze. You can choose to freeze the whole cake in one go or portion it up into slices for easy defrosting.

Heat the slow cooker before baking – Just as you would with an oven, make sure you take the time to heat up the slow cooker before baking. This ensures that the cake batter goes straight into a hot, stable temperature and starts baking at the correct heat immediately. This helps to avoid the cake being unevenly baked, or worse – undercooked!

Don’t remove the lid before the end of the baking time – I know it’s tempting to take a peek as the banana cake is baking but as soon as the lid is removed some heat will escape and drop the temperature inside the slow cooker. This can cause the cake to collapse whilst it is rising. Leave the lid firmly in place until you’re ready to check it’s cooked.

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Baking in the slow cooker is easy and with a few helpful tips you can make some fantastic cakes and breads. For example if you like something full of spice and flavour why not try this Slow Cooker Gingerbread Cake?

It’s all down to the concentration of sugars in the fruit. The ripening process of bananas converts the starch in the fruit into sugar so the older they are, the sweeter they will be. Furthermore, as fruits age they lose liquid so the ratio of sugar to water increases resulting in a sweeter, more potent flavour. They also soften with age, making them easier to mash and add to recipes.

This recipe will also work well in the oven. Grease and line a medium sized loaf tin with baking parchment, pour in the mixture and place in a preheated oven (fan 180°C /350°F) and cook for 1hr 15 – 1hr 30mins.

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Yes, banana bread will freeze really well. Simply allow to cool and then tightly wrap in clip film before freezing. It will last well for around 3 months.

Yes, you can use a loaf tin in the slow cooker and this will make the cake into a nice neat shape. It all depends on whether the tin fits into the slow cooker!

Slow cooker banana bread is moist and full of banana flavour. It's super easy to make, only takes a few hours to cook and is guaranteed to be super soft and delicious.

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Instructions for food processors and stand mixers Attach the cake mixer attachment, then add the ingredients to the jug or pot in the same order as per the recipe card above. Beat the ingredients on a medium setting until they are well combined.

Calories: 318 kcal Carbohydrates: 43 g Protein: 6 g Fat: 14 g Saturated Fat: 8 g Polyunsaturated Fat: 1 g Monounsaturated Fat: 4 g Trans Fat: 1 g Cholesterol: 73 mg Sodium: 261 mg Potassium: 298 mg Fiber: 2 g Sugar: 13 g Vitamin A: 463 IU Vitamin C: 4 mg Calcium: 56 mg Iron: 1 mg

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