Mango & Banana Bread

Mango & Banana Bread – Season’ First Mango Bake

27 April 2011 46 Comments

Mango fever is catching up slowly, what with the markets adorned with these plump and juicy yellow fruits filling up spaces in most of the fruit shops. Though the exotic ones are yet to appear on the shelves, the local mango varieties which are not as flavorful and sweet as the former, are happily bridging up the gap. Bought my first crop of sweet and juicy mangoes of this season yesterday. After devouring the king of fruits to the heart’ ful, wanted to bake something with the rest. Moist and extremely flavorful, this Mango and banana loaf is very soft & supple with a yellow tint and subtle taste of mangoes in it.

Ingredients;

1 cup whole-wheat flour
1/2 cup refined flour
1 medium mango
1 small banana
1/2 cup sugar
1/4 cup curd/yogurt
2 tbsp. olive oil
1/2 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp baking powder
A pinch of salt
1/2 tsp. Cardamom powder
Chocolate chips (optional)

Method: Peel the mango & banana and dice them finely. Grind the fruit pieces into puree and keep it separate.

Sift both the flours, salt, baking soda and baking powder twice.

Take another big vessel and add the fruit puree, curd, olive oil, cardamom powder and the sugar in it. Whisk it for about 5-7 minutes till the sugar is dissolved.

Add the wet ingredients into the dry flour mix and blend the batter lightly using a fork or spatula. Add half the chocolate chips in the batter and mix.

Grease a bread baking tin with oil and pour the batter into it. Sprinkle the rest of the chocolate chips over the batter.

Bake the bread for about 30 minutes or till done at 190°C. Take out of the oven and let it cool completely for 20 minutes.

Slice it thinly and serve with a glass of milk. Spread any fruit jam, chocolate sauce for a delightful tea time munch.

The bread is extremely soft since it has fruit puree as the main ingredient. The loaf cannot be preserved for more than 2 days.

A slice of delight with a teaspoonful of Nutella on it! Looking forward to many more scrumptious Mango treats here.

Notes;

Exclude banana and add the same amount of mango puree for a complete mango bake.
A few strands of saffron will give a wonderful flavor and color to this Mango Bread.
Increase the sugar by 2 tablespoons and bake the same batter in a round cake tin for a delicious mango & banana cake.
Chocolate chips give the much needed sweet lift to this loaf.
Bake this Mango & banana cake without oil and sugar, the fruits in it give a mild sweet taste to the bake just right for a light and scrumptious bread.

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46 Comments »

Divya said:

Love the fact that it has very less oil and is eggless.Bookmarked!!

# 27 April 2011 at 9:42 am

Renee said:

These look amazing. I love mangoes and my mouth’s watering thinking of a mango cake 🙂

# 27 April 2011 at 10:17 am

Pushpa said:

Awesome moist mango cake.

# 27 April 2011 at 10:24 am

Joyti said:

Ooo, that looks and sounds amazing. I’ve never thought of using mango in a bread – very creative!

# 27 April 2011 at 11:49 am

Suman Singh said:

My mouth is watering just looking at this..look delicious and so light and fluffy..great recipe and wonderful combo..I can’t wait to try this..thanks for sharing!

# 27 April 2011 at 1:11 pm

Priya said:

Wat a wonderful looking bread, simply love this mango and banana combo..

# 27 April 2011 at 1:17 pm

biny anoop said:

Awesome..very differentbread…love to make it ….

# 27 April 2011 at 2:01 pm

Raji said:

Thumbs up for this wonderful recipe sanjeeta…can’t believe that it has so less oil and what a gorgeous colour…will bake this soon by replacing banana with mango as well.

# 27 April 2011 at 2:18 pm

Sharmilee said:

Yummy combination of banana and mango…looks very tempting

# 27 April 2011 at 2:35 pm

Nandini said:

Wow! Nice bread! Love the combo of mango and bananas…

# 27 April 2011 at 4:42 pm

Julie M. said:

what a gorgeous loaf of bread Sanjeeta! I adore mangos and this bread shows them off beautifully.

# 27 April 2011 at 4:51 pm

Faith said:

What a wonderful bread! It looks so moist and I love the flavors in there…and the chocolate is a great addition!

# 27 April 2011 at 5:42 pm

Yuri said:

This cake looks fantastic! My dad grows the best mangoes and can’t wait to receive some to bake this cake. Banana cake is a favorite here too so I can imagine how tasty this is. Happy Wednesday!

# 27 April 2011 at 5:55 pm

rebecca said:

lovely recipe looks so moist always remember how good the mangoes are in India 🙂

# 27 April 2011 at 6:19 pm

Nitha said:

Thats a yummy combo.. And love the bread and cake versions 🙂

# 27 April 2011 at 6:29 pm

Junia @ Mis Pensamientos said:

this looks delicious!!! i love to make different types of vegan bread 🙂 thanks for the recipe post! please visit my blog too when you get a chance http://juniakk.blogspot.com

# 27 April 2011 at 6:41 pm

Reshmi Mahesh said:

Wow…a yummy bread….nice idea of using mango…which makes it more delicious..

# 27 April 2011 at 7:47 pm

Kairali sisters said:

wow that looks fabulus…

# 27 April 2011 at 8:42 pm

Priya (Yallapantula) Mitharwal said:

wow, what a great looking bread, love the color and flavors, everything 🙂

# 27 April 2011 at 10:53 pm

aipi said:

I make mango bread and banana bread but never combined both of them in one- must be very delicious n the addition of chocolate is awesome here!

# 27 April 2011 at 11:11 pm

Krithi said:

Excellent and brilliant preparation! love the fact being eggless and butterless… You rock! I am bookmarking this..

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# 28 April 2011 at 12:02 am

Swathi said:

mango banana bread looks delicious.

# 28 April 2011 at 12:08 am

Priya Mahadevan said:

total deliciousness!

# 28 April 2011 at 12:34 am

Anna Johnston said:

Sanjeeta, this mango bread is wonderful, I’m with aipi, I’ve never combined banana & mango in a bread….. I will be now though 🙂

# 28 April 2011 at 2:56 am

Pachecopatty said:

I like this too;-) I’ve never tried mango and banana in a bread so I’m bookmarking to try this recipe, thanks;-)

# 28 April 2011 at 3:21 am

pavithra said:

Wow this is such a awesome combination , both banana and mango..looks absolutely yummy.

# 28 April 2011 at 7:01 am

SinFoodie said:

This sounds like a great combination of different flavours!!

# 28 April 2011 at 11:19 am

Veena Aravind said:

This looks moist and delicious and such a wonderful combination 🙂

# 28 April 2011 at 6:03 pm

Panchpakwan said:

Wow yummy mango bread. Lovely combo of fruits and eggless too!!
!

# 28 April 2011 at 7:24 pm

Magic of Spice said:

What a perfectly wonderful combination! I love the bit off chocolate here too, delicious 🙂

# 28 April 2011 at 8:00 pm

Rashmi said:

WOW…TAT LOOKS REALLY YUMMYYY!!!!!!!!

# 28 April 2011 at 10:49 pm

sanjeeta kk said:

@Rashmi, Thanks, hope you bake it soon and enjoy!

# 29 April 2011 at 6:53 am

FOODESSA said:

We get too few mangos in my area…and the real good ones last a very short while. Basically, what I’m saying is that I become slightly possessive over my favourite fruit. If by chance, I do end up with a little extra, I’m certainly going to think of adding it to a banana cake.
Lovely combined recipe Sanjeeta…thanks for all the dedication you have towards eating well ;o)

Ciao for now,
Claudia

# 29 April 2011 at 12:48 am

Maria @ Scandifoodie said:

I love – LOVE – mangoes, this sounds so delicious Sanjeeta!

# 29 April 2011 at 9:30 am

minal said:

awesome recipe sanjeeta really looks very moist and tasty i will try this today only……

# 29 April 2011 at 9:49 am

kankana said:

Mangoes are my all time fav fruit and I am yet to get hold of some gorgeous golden babies. Your bread looks perfectly baked and super moist.. 🙂

# 29 April 2011 at 10:40 am

Simone said:

O this looks divine! I love mangoes but it can be hard to find good ones here!

# 29 April 2011 at 11:58 am

5 Star Foodie said:

A banana AND Mango and chocolate chips bread sounds amazing, so yummy!

# 29 April 2011 at 11:02 pm

Uma said:

I tried this cake today..I replaced the banana with another mango and also added Saffron..I baked it for an hour still the cake was not fully baked …

Perhaps the mango i used were very juicy, I could not bake it any further bcoz it was quite brown and I did not want it to burn.

Eveb though it was half baked, it tasted out of the world.. Do u have any suggestions ?

# 1 May 2011 at 6:34 am

sanjeeta kk said:

@Uma, Yes, the mango puree you used was too liquid. If you can see in the picture the puree look quite thick n consistency. I used a banana since my puree was also a bit liquid, and the banana made it perfect.
So the batter of your cake must have been runny (watery), which made your cake under baked. Try adding an extra spoon of flour if you want to avoid banana and bake a mango cake. Or else use mangoes which give a puree of thick consistency.

# 1 May 2011 at 7:04 am

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# 6 May 2011 at 9:51 pm

anjelina said:

yummmm… Banana Bread is looking tempting.

# 7 June 2011 at 10:00 pm

Sharmilee said:

Tried this and have posted 🙂
http://www.sharmispassions.com/2011/06/eggless-mango-cake-mango-loaf-bread.html

# 22 June 2011 at 7:26 am

Rinku Naveen said:

Healthy recipe indeed.. Love the color and texture too..

# 22 June 2011 at 9:54 am

Nargis said:

When i saw i really wanted to give a try by hook or crook 😉 and yes it was that delicious! so flavorful and aromatic!! i dint had choco chips so had to omit that part sad 🙁 my cake texture wasnt the same though it appeared to be a lil gooey was wondering if banana was it which made it look so 😀 anyways taste was awesome!!!

# 25 June 2012 at 8:29 pm

sanjeeta kk said:

@Nargis, Glad to know that you liked the taste of the cake. Gooey texture could be due to a little extra fruit pulp. Reduce the quantity of banana a bit in your next bake. Happy baking!