my sister thinks that banana bread is cake ! - Page 3

And conversely one person's bread is another person's cake.

I always thought the rule was: It is what the recipe calls it. Unless the cook disagrees. Unless the cook is gone and then its what the person eating it says it is. Unless the cook is gone and no one is eating it then its what the person looking at it thinks it is. Unless the cook is not there and no one is there looking at it or eating it then its what the person thinking about it thinks it is. Unless the cook is gone, there is no one eating it, looking at it, or thinking about it then it is what the recipe calls it. Unless the recipe is unnamed...then its just imaginary. Unless your an ant. Then its sugar.

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Originally Posted by Tivona 

I always thought the rule was: It is what the recipe calls it. Unless the cook disagrees. Unless the cook is gone and then its what the person eating it says it is. Unless the cook is gone and no one is eating it then its what the person looking at it thinks it is. Unless the cook is not there and no one is there looking at it or eating it then its what the person thinking about it thinks it is. Unless the cook is gone, there is no one eating it, looking at it, or thinking about it then it is what the recipe calls it. Unless the recipe is unnamed...then its just imaginary. Unless your an ant. Then its sugar.

Sounds about right, but who's on first?

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 Why do they call the person bringing home the bacon, the bread winner?

 When something is easy, you say, "Piece of cake."?

 Or you say, "Easy as pie." when pie isn't really easy?

Royd you are..... idk LOL

Tell your sister she cannot have her cake and eat it too but she may have some banana bread.

Banana bread is a nut bread and banana cake is a cake.  Bake her a banana cake so that she can see the difference between the two.  That will settle the argument. Cake is sweeter and lighter in texture. Bread is eaten with butter and cake is eaten with frosting.

Old-Fashioned Banana Cake

Cake:
3 very ripe bananas
3/4 cup granulated sugar
1/2 cup lightly packed brown sugar
1/2 cup vegetable oil
2 extra large eggs, at room temp
1/2 cup sour cream
1 tsp pure vanilla extract
grated zest of one orange
2 cups flour
1/2 tsp kosher salt
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 cup chopped walnuts

"cream cheese" frosting:

8 ounces neufchatel cheese (or cream cheese)
1 tsp pure vanilla extract
2 cups powdered sugar

for the cake:

Preheat the oven to 350.
Grease and flour a 9 x 2 inch round cake pan

Mix the bananas, sugar and brown sugar on low until combined. Add oil, eggs and vanilla, sour cream and orange zest and mix until smooth.

Add the dry ingredients in thirds and mix on low until just combined.

Stir in the walnuts.

Pour batter into prepared pan and bake for 45-55 minutes, until a pick inserted in the middle comes out clean.

Cool in pan for 15 minutes then turn out onto cooling rack.

While cake is cooling, make the frosting.

for the frosting:

Mix neufchatel cheese, and vanilla until just combined. Add the powdered sugar and mix until smooth.

Spread evenly over the cake and garnish with more walnuts, if desired.

Cooks notes: I've made this with Greek yogurt instead of sour cream and that works well.  I've never put orange zest into the cake, so have no idea what that does to it.

I eat my cake with butter.

"I was bread in Ol' Kentucky but I am just a crumb up here"

" I used to be a baker but I got sick of the dough and went on the loaf"

quotes by Curly Howard of 3 Stooges fame.

I am on the "cake" side of this poll.  Bread in my house growing up was mixed and left to rise at room temp. Cake was mixed and put in the oven immediately.  So where does that leave us? Banana bread looks like a loaf but has the texture of cake. As does zucchini bread. But both get sliced like bread. However if you eat it for dessert wouldn't it be classified as cake and not bread. If you have a slice at breakfast is it bread?  Lets take this for a turn. Where does corn bread fit in? In most cases it says to pour into 9" square cake pan but the same recipe can be poured into muffin tins.I am so confused.Lets just combined the words, bread/cake is "breake"  Banana Breake,zucchini breake, corn breake.

Actually the zucchini bread recipe I use is from Paula Deen,it has pecans and chocolate chips in it and call for a dollop of whipped cream when served. Nobody puts whipped cream on bread, right?