Banana Cake

When I heard Momofuku had released a baking cookbook (momofuku milk bar), I had to check it out from the library. I love Momofuku for their compost cookie recipe and was curious to try out something new. Of all their recipes, Banana Cake seemed most accessible, plus I had super ripe bananas ready to be used! I made the recipe by weight, not wanting to dirty several measuring cups and spoons along the way. I also made a couple substitutions, my version below.

Banana Cake

Ingredients

• 85 g butter, softened
• 200 g sugar
• 1 egg
• 110 g buttermilk
• 20 g coconut oil, melted
• 2 g vanilla
• 225 g (about 2) ripe bananas
• 225 g all purpose flour
• 3 g baking powder
• 3 g baking soda
• 2 g salt

Method

1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Spray a baking pan (approx. 9" x 11" works).
2. Cream butter and sugar until fluffy and light in color. Add the egg and mix completely.
3. In a separate bowl, combine the buttermilk, oil, and vanilla, then slowly add to mixer. Mix at medium speed for about 5 minutes, until fluffy and fully incorporated.
4. Add banana at low speed.
5. Add remaining ingredients on low until just incorporated.
6. Pour the batter into the prepared pan, smoothing out the surface and tapping on counter to remove any air bubbles. Bake for 25-30 minutes, until cake is puffy and an inserted toothpick comes out clean. Let cool before slicing.

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Momofuku's Compost Cookies

I was intrigued when I saw David Lebovitz post about them...really, Bugels in cookies?! But honestly, the picture for Momofuku's Compost Cookies had me at "hello"; slightly puffy, golden brown, and crackly on top, one look and you know they've got to be incredible. Or a master of disguise. Luckily, my rendition is quite fabulous if you ask me. For my add-in ingredients I used the following:

Baking ingredients:
chocolate chips
white chocolate chunks

Snack ingedients:
chocolate covered Pocky
chocolate/goo filled Easter eggs
cheddar sesame sticks
salt and pepper potato chips (thown in just to say "I did it!")

I also made the full sized, 6oz cookies which bake up to the size of a salad plate and are HUGE. Will I be making these cookies again? Probably, but with a different twist. I'm thinking Midwest style monster cookies :)

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