Mrs. Hockmeyer’s Banana Bread Recipe
August 27th, 2007 | Category: Cakes, Fruit
“The best recipes come tried and true from friends who begged them from others friends…” says Elise of Simply Recipes. So true.
When I set out to find a recipe to get rid of the bananas on the verge of a breakdown, I spotted Elise’s post about Mrs. Hockmeyer’s banana bread recipe. And I knew it was what I was looking for.
For one, it was tested and approved by many. That’s the beauty of the food blogosphere.
Secondly, the ingredient list didn’t include brown sugar. The combination of brown sugar and ripe bananas is simply too sweet for my tooth. There are many advantages to a not-too-sweet cake. The biggest one is you can spread Nutella on top! And as far as I’m concerned, since this is a banana bread, it is a must.
And nuts. It doesn’t have any. I do not like my brownies with nuts and the same thing goes for my banana bread.
Mrs. Hockmeyer’s banana bread is soft, flavorful and not too sweet… all the things Rose’s imaginary St. Olaf friendship cake Vanskapkaka lacks!
So if you too have bananas that are not yellow anymore, head over to Elise’s site and try the recipe. You’ll love it, too.
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Thank you Mrs. Hockmeyer!!!I have a number of frozen “dead” bananas in the freezer just waiting to make their debut. I love a nice moist banana bread. I like nuts but the better addition is chocolate!!!
Banana bread with Nutella sounds like a killer combination to me, Cenk!
Fabulous! This sounds wonderful!
Okay whenever I drop by, I see a tempting recipe. This I have to say, you are one talented man thats really great at cooking, baking and whatever can be done in kitchen
I love this one. Too bad I got rid of my dead bananas yesterday. May they rest in peace. Amen.
Love,
Selin (www.selincaglayan.com)
Cenk bana çikolata deme zaten neyle olursa olsun yerim:)
Selin – That’s very nice of you. Thank you!
It doesn’t take much for me to be tempted by banana bread. I just love any variations. I have never tried it with nutella though. Will be a new ‘to do ‘item.
Oh, that is temptation.love banana bread, banana cake..BTW, i am trying this post with different email address just in case posting works.
I love banana bread and I LOVE Nutella! I agree…they are a stellar combination
Thanks for the heads up on the recipe!
Beautiful photos today! I enjoy your writing style, too. I am probably one of few who have never tried Nutella.
I choose your blog for the “Blog Day” because its very nice and I hope coming visiting Istanbul some time this year !
But my blog is french, sorry… still I hope you’ll like being chosen for this day
Hi JEP – Thank you for your comment. And per your Nutella comment, I have to say, you’re missing a lot.
Marion – Thank you! I am not aware of the Blog Day, but thank you very much for choosing me
Valentina – I extracted these two comments of yours from the spam folder. So they are still going there
But I have found a solution! I am doing a “find” for valentina and quickly spot the comments 
Banana bread and Nutella rock!! I only like walnuts in mine, same for brownies, but I am a walnut freak! Gorgeous pics again!
Oh, Cenk,this is great.Thank you so much for helping out with this spam issue.
I like putting choc chips in my banana bread, but spreading it with nutella sounds even better!
Wow, great pics! I’ll be coming back here again.
Oh, my ! Haha, as I was looking at this, the television said “Shall I give you a moment to wipe the drool off your chin?” (-Quiznos commercial). Why yes, YES YOU SHALL !
The pictures just make me wanna bust my ‘diet’…
Tartelette – Thank you!
Valentina – I am glad the issue is solved as well.
Brilynn – Choc chips! Great idea!
Jessica – Great to hear you liked my blog!
Cassandra – That is sweet. Thank you.
YC – I know how hard it is to read food blogs while on a diet… Good luck
Very interesting! I’ve been making Mrs. Hockmeyer’s banana bread for a year and a half now. I’m eating a piece as I write this post. Ymmmmm.
BUT … I was amused to read the reasons why you like it. Evidently you and I have totally different taste buds. I don’t like hazelnuts, and so spreading Nutella on banana bread would not be my cup of tea.
I *am* crazy about pecans, though.
So I always make Mrs. Hockmeyer’s Banana Bread using 3/4 cup brown sugar, and crushed pecans! (On the occasions I serve it as a cake, I just bake it in a shallow pyrex dish — for more surface area — and top it with a butter-vanilla frosting.)
In my opinion, 3 bananas work best, by the way; 4 makes it imbalanced.
Oh, just as I was finishing this post, my husband just shouted down the hall: “That’s good banana bread, honey!”
i baked banana bread/cake last night, trying out 2 new recipes. this one and another one that calls for molasses. This one is simpler yet a lot tastier.
I finished past midnight so I’m having my first slice now for breakfast (in the office). Yummy, yummy, Thanks!
Pity I didn’t get to read about the nutella until now, i just came back from the middle east where they are a lot cheaper, and brought home 2 jars!!! I’ll surely have banana bread and nutella for dessert tonight, that is if there is still any banana bread left when i get home
Hi there! Looks yummy! I just posted about Classic Banana Layer Cake at dishingup.wordpress.com. Check it out if you can!
Check out all these crazy varitions–
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/1108778/banana_bread_variations.html?cat=22
Bet you’ll find something you’ve never seen before!
Funny, I made this recipe when I saw it on Smitten Kitchen and while we were eating it I said to my husband “this would be really good with nutella” – unfortunately we didn’t have any on hand and it was late at night. Although we drove around (that’s how much I was craving it) we couldn’t find anywhere that was open and stocked nutella!
I LOVE this recipe, I too was looking for an easy peasy banana bread and found this one in my search it has become a hands down keeper in my family. I however add pecans to mine because I like my fruit bread with nuts and nutella well what better topping will have to give that one a try.