Soft, fudgy blondies flavoured with banana, dark chocolate chips and a swirl of sticky salted caramel.
This weekend, I found myself in the common scenario, of ending the week with a bunch of overlooked and over ripe bananas, which were just begging to be baked into a cake!
Last time I had leftover bananas, I decided to be a bit adventurous and make banana milkshake cupcakes rather than a banana bread, so this time I thought I would try and do something equally as exciting.
I decided that banana and salted caramel would make a really good combination, so I ended up making banana blondies, with a lovely gooey swirl of salted caramel. And voilla, my old bananas were transformed into a deliciously sweet dessert!
These are a great weekend recipe,and I’m sure if you brought them along to a party – like fiesta friday – they would be much appreciated!
Variations: I think a some pecans or hazelnuts would taste great in this recipe, or even a swirl of peanut butter!
Ingredients: Makes 12 generously sized slices
The Salted Caramel Sauce:
- 200g granulated sugar
- 1tbsp water
- 100ml double cream
- 75g butter
- 1/2 a tsp of salt
The Blondies
- 125g butter
- 200g white chocolate
- 150g caster sugar
- 3 eggs
- 200g plain flour
- 2 bananas, mashed
- 100g dark chocolate
To Make:
The Caramel Sauce:
Heat the sugar and water in a saucepan over a medium heat for 5-10 minutes, until it has turned a deep golden brown colour (about 130C on a sugar thermometer)
Remove from the heat and stir in the butter, cream and salt, set aside. (onced it has cooled a little, taste to check the salt taste is strong enough for you!)
The Blondies:
Preheat the oven to 180C and grease and line a rectangular baking tray.
Melt together the white chocolate and butter in a small pan over a low heat.
Combine the sugar and eggs in a large mixing bowl until fully incorporated, then fold in the chocolate mixture.
Mix in the mashed banana, flour, and finally the dark chocolate chips.
Pour into the prepared tin, and then pour in the salted caramel sauce, ripple this into the cake batter with a wooden spoon.
Bake in the preheated oven for 30-40 minutes, until golden brown and cooked through.
Leave to cool completely, then it into 12-14 slices to serve!
wow everyone is torturing me today with these amazing sweet dishes. I have a real sweet tooth and am going to be as high as a kite on sweet things and dribbling all over my keyboard, yum! Thank you for coming to FF #68 Justine x
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Haha yes they were very sweet, but yummy!
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I bet ๐ x
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I love bananas and these look fantastic!! Happy FF ๐
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Sigh…these look so very tempting! Pass the plate please! ๐
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This looks delicious! I have turned into a salted caramel fiend! This reminded me a bit of bananas foster?
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Yes me too, I could just have salted caramel on everything! I’m not sure what a bananas foster is?
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Wow! These look incredibly delicious. I love bananas in any form. I am sure these bars would keep me crazier over them. ๐ Thanks for sharing. I hope you are having a great time. Happy FF. ๐ xx
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Haha, I am a bit banana crazy too!
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So gorgeous, I’m hoping there’s enough around for this Fiesta Friday ๐
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These look absolutely gorgeous! What a great idea to combine bananas and caramel and turn them into blondes! Lovely!
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Oh my goodness, these look and sound fabulous – I always have over ripe bananas but that is usually my plan!! And you’ve hit the nail on the head – these are completely appreciated at a party like Fiesta Friday!
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These blondies look so amazing! I have been hearing of salted caramel for quite some time now and this recipe is prompting me to try it!
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tried these. they are amazing! did a gluten free option and no-one could tell the difference.
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Ooh exciting! Glad they went well ๐
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The tennis club was very grateful. The pecan nuts worked really well too.
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Wow. That looks like sticky deliciousness! ๐
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Oh Gosh! Those blonides look so moist and delicious! Can you send me some for tasting?:D
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Haha, I would if I could!
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oh my! This is a combo of my fav things ๐ So making this tomorrow.
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