The biggest aha moment I ever had in my journey to (even basic) baking was finding out that baking soda is activated by acid and baking powder is activated by heat. That alone let me wrap my head around recipes in a way I hadn’t been able to do before. It let me adapt recipes with more confidence (as I do with cooking because I understand it more). Truly a revelation.
@@songarinsk baking soda and baking powder are often used together. The soda makes the cake (or anything) more firm so it doesn't deflate too much after you take it out of the oven. Baking powder is more for making things fluffy. Baking soda + cream of tartar = baking powder
actually the thing that activates baking powder is water! (Although some “slow acting” powders do react only at higher temperatures). baking powder is actually just a mix of baking soda and tartaric acid, so when you add a liquid the two combine and react!
Baking powder is just baking soda with an acid (usually cream of tartar) already mixed in. The chemical reaction is exactly the same. Some recipes use both baking powder and baking soda but the only reason to do this is to tweak the acidity level (i.e. if you want less acid than in baking powder)
As an avid home baker( and retired professional baker) I suggest draining an 8oz can of crushed pineapple in juice and subbing it for equal amount of mashed banana. The acid will enhance your choice of cocoa powder. Just try it once. You'll love it. Also, FYI for your beloved followers, you are right about the Kitchenaid K5. It's the gold standard workhorse of the 20th century and today. I own one from 1979 which was and still is my go to machine . I had the brushes replaced 20 years ago. That's it. I picked up another in a garage sale unused 3 years ago. My grandchildren will be using it. The interior moving parts are metal made in America and the motor is without equal. It's the goods.
You did good with the older KAs. I followed a long discussion on The Fresh Loaf and learned that KA used to be Hobart! After separating from Hobart the mixers are no longer the workhorses they used to be. That thread connected me to a place that refurbished Commercial KA mixers. The difference is enormous! I’ve got a lifetime machine! I may try your pineapple idea!
@@danbev8542 I have an ankarsrum now (after two new kitchenaids that just didn't perform well), and while it's an investment, I expect to pass it along to my grandkids some day.
Dear Alison Roman, I've made this 8 million times since you first published this recipe. About a million of those 8 million times, I've made stupid mistakes like using salted butter instead of unsalted, or forgetting to top it with sugar, or the most important top banana. But you know what? It's been amazing each and every time. My friends and family and I want to thank you from the bottom of our fat little bellies. xo
Cocoa powder has acid, so the baking soda is probably reacting with this. Also, yep, brown sugar, because Molasses is an invert sugar with an acid added. So, really, you're golden with the ingredients here. I can't wait to try this!
Actually, while regular cocoa powder is acidic, Alison has used a dutch-processed cocoa powder in this video, which is neutral. Switching to a non-Dutched cocoa powder may help with the rise by providing more acid for the baking soda to react with. However, the ripe bananas in this recipe are another source of acid, so the baking soda should work just fine.
I’m sorry - but can we all pause and applaud Allison for growth!! She used that stand mixer, and didn’t do it the hard way ❤️ she used the tool without letting the tool use her. You go, sister. Inspiring us one banana bread at a time.
I love your videos! It’s a great way to relax after a long day at work. Thank you! So….Baking soda is an alkali and needs acid to create the carbon dioxide for a reaction. It is used with acidic ingredients like buttermilk, sour cream, cocoa powder, and brown sugar to help achieve a nice rise. It is also more powerful than baking powder and is used in smaller amounts to avoid imparting a bitter flavor. : )
Very entertaining video! It’s nice to see the crew on camera! And that banana cake looks insanely good, cannot wait to make it! Happy Birthday, Dan!! 🍌 🎂
I just made a double batch as a result of a fridge raid. Got rid of all the frozen bananas and the ones I forgot were on my counter. None were good enough to slice so I didn't bother. I didn't have the gumption to buy sugar in the raw / demerara either. Still, this recipe is a sleeper hit. Drop everything you're doing and make it right now. I ate a third of a loaf of this amazing bread which is really a beautiful cake.
You also made key lime pie, brown butter apple cake, and the thanksgiving apple tart! Don’t sell yourself short on baking Home Movies! Real fans remember!!
I’ve been watching since Covid started and I have to admit you’ve restarted the cooking fire in me. I cannot wait to try this one, your chill vibe is so welcoming. Also, your jewelry is always fire! That blue ring is amazing and I hope both Dans had very happy birthdays! Canadian neighbour subscriber for life.
@@noktilux4052 It is such a common ingredient and some don’t like it, so it’s simply refreshing to see a cook reflect my tastes as it is rare for this particular item.
You can lower the mixing attachment on your mixer by twisting the screw right when the head of the mixer is up. Makes it so handy for getting all the mixture at the bottom of the bowl mixed in.
I was half way through placing a FD order for groceries when this video popped up, and what a good timing! I added mascarpone and light brown sugar and fresh baking soda to my cart ( had the rest and some bananas ready to explode) can't wait to make it tomorrow :)
This video comes at the PERFECT time as I am isolated in my house, recovering from covid, with my 2 small kids. Maybe if I keep stuffing chocolate banana bread/cake in their mouths they will give me space? I'll make 2 just in case... THANKS ALISON!
Btw Alison you are truly my culinary comfort animal. Between you and Carla Lalli Music I feel you two really have got my back. I’m a good cook already and just watching your content gives me so many ideas (as opposed to recipes). You ROCK.
Hi Alison , I am not sure if you will read this? Thank you for such a gorgeous recipe! I made it last year and followed your recipe to a tee. This year I added my creative touch, ( not that your recipe needed improving) I added a splash of coffee, I also added up some dark chocolates with sea salt in them WOW!! I love your channel your receipts are nothing short of wonderful!! Merry Christmas !! Jen
I’ve been making banana bread since I could reach my Mom’s Sunbeam Mixmaster, back in the 60’s. I’m so used to walnuts and no chocolate, it might be a big adjustment! I love banana bread!
Made this and it was the BEST. The written recipe tells you to add the flour mixture then fold in the banana and mascarpone. DO NOT FOLLOW THAT. It would be tough to mix. Follow the order in this video where she put the bananas and flour mixture together then mascarpone. It was so delicious I made it twice in one day. 🤣
I just made this. It's incredible. It is also glued to the loaf tin 😆 But I'm cool with cutting chunks off and gobbling them up as I go. When I saw in the recipe blurb that this wasn't breakfast I was STUNNED. I thought Alison and I were 👯♀til I read that. Of COURSE it could be for breakfast. But, as ever, she was right. I'd be dead by 11am. It's glorious. Make it! (But not for breakfast) ❤
Hey! The mechanism behind the rise is due to the baking soda (alkaline) reacting to the acidic nature of the cocoa powder. Beautiful banana bread, will need to try!
Yay, how nice to recognize birthdays! I love making banana bread and believe that chocolate makes everything better!! I pretty much exclusively use my late Nana's KA standing mixer....I have no idea how old it is but it has never failed me . It looks very similar! Thank you for helping me understand this recipe and take things to the next level😍
BAKING SODA works to leaven this bread/cake because reacts with the slight acidities of COCOA/CHOCOLATE, soured DAIRY, and BROWN SUGAR. Makes carbon dioxide bubbles as soon as the baking soda touches moisture. 🔬
i thought you said in your video that the recipe in the link would have the weight measurements for the ingredients. the recipe in the link only has cups, etc listed
Awww.. Alison, you OK girl? I can see how much you love and miss your dad. My eyes got teary with you. Back to the banana bread! I make the most basic version as I'm no baker, but this looks so delish I have to try it and I do think it's easy enough for people like me to do!
Great fun baking a lovely treat for Dan. Belated birthday wishes, Dan and thanks for making such creative videos! Alison, thanks for the confirmation regarding seltzer in Matzoh balls, we were having that debate recently. 😘
Baking soda: In addition, cocoa is acidic once hydrated and so the baking soda will react with it. Baking soda also promotes browning by raising the pH as it interacts with liquid. The Maillard reaction (responsible for browning) happens more readily in a mixture with higher pH.
Comment chain!!! Everyone say HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY DAN 😇😇😇
HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY DAN 🎉🎉🎉
Happy Birthday Dan!!!! Love you guys. Love you Alison ❤
Happy belated birthday Dan! 🥳
Happy belated birthday Dan
Dan the man! Happy belated birthday! 🎉
Petition for Dan to just hang out in the background of all future Home Movies
🙋♀️
He would be willing to do it! Hbd Dan
That kind of comment is why people find your generation repulsive
@@Marcel_Audubon what are you talking about?🤔
YES. He can just sit on a chair at the side of the frame and be himself .
The biggest aha moment I ever had in my journey to (even basic) baking was finding out that baking soda is activated by acid and baking powder is activated by heat. That alone let me wrap my head around recipes in a way I hadn’t been able to do before. It let me adapt recipes with more confidence (as I do with cooking because I understand it more). Truly a revelation.
Would you recommend using both at the same time? Also thanks for sharing this!
@@songarinsk baking soda and baking powder are often used together. The soda makes the cake (or anything) more firm so it doesn't deflate too much after you take it out of the oven. Baking powder is more for making things fluffy. Baking soda + cream of tartar = baking powder
actually the thing that activates baking powder is water! (Although some “slow acting” powders do react only at higher temperatures). baking powder is actually just a mix of baking soda and tartaric acid, so when you add a liquid the two combine and react!
Baking powder is just baking soda with an acid (usually cream of tartar) already mixed in. The chemical reaction is exactly the same. Some recipes use both baking powder and baking soda but the only reason to do this is to tweak the acidity level (i.e. if you want less acid than in baking powder)
As an avid home baker( and retired professional baker) I suggest draining an 8oz can of crushed pineapple in juice and subbing it for equal amount of mashed banana. The acid will enhance your choice of cocoa powder. Just try it once. You'll love it. Also, FYI for your beloved followers, you are right about the Kitchenaid K5. It's the gold standard workhorse of the 20th century and today. I own one from 1979 which was and still is my go to machine . I had the brushes replaced 20 years ago. That's it. I picked up another in a garage sale unused 3 years ago. My grandchildren will be using it. The interior moving parts are metal made in America and the motor is without equal. It's the goods.
You did good with the older KAs. I followed a long discussion on The Fresh Loaf and learned that KA used to be Hobart! After separating from Hobart the mixers are no longer the workhorses they used to be. That thread connected me to a place that refurbished Commercial KA mixers. The difference is enormous! I’ve got a lifetime machine! I may try your pineapple idea!
@@danbev8542 I have an ankarsrum now (after two new kitchenaids that just didn't perform well), and while it's an investment, I expect to pass it along to my grandkids some day.
Dear Alison Roman, I've made this 8 million times since you first published this recipe. About a million of those 8 million times, I've made stupid mistakes like using salted butter instead of unsalted, or forgetting to top it with sugar, or the most important top banana. But you know what? It's been amazing each and every time. My friends and family and I want to thank you from the bottom of our fat little bellies. xo
Cocoa powder has acid, so the baking soda is probably reacting with this. Also, yep, brown sugar, because Molasses is an invert sugar with an acid added. So, really, you're golden with the ingredients here. I can't wait to try this!
Came here to say that!
Actually, while regular cocoa powder is acidic, Alison has used a dutch-processed cocoa powder in this video, which is neutral. Switching to a non-Dutched cocoa powder may help with the rise by providing more acid for the baking soda to react with. However, the ripe bananas in this recipe are another source of acid, so the baking soda should work just fine.
I’m sorry - but can we all pause and applaud Allison for growth!! She used that stand mixer, and didn’t do it the hard way ❤️ she used the tool without letting the tool use her.
You go, sister. Inspiring us one banana bread at a time.
Please make the crew appear more! This was sooooo fun!
Your videos are already great, but this was awesome! The energy from you all is great! ❤️❤️
Date chicken done. Fabulous. Almost done with this recipe. Waiting an hour for my banana cake to cool. Can't wait to have it with tea.
Loved seeing Dan in the video (HBD!) but also loved hearing David’s laugh in the background! It is contagious!
I don't know why, but this recipe makes me think that I want to try it with tahini in the mixture. Chocolate, bananas, and tahini!!! 🤤🤤
I love your videos! It’s a great way to relax after a long day at work. Thank you! So….Baking soda is an alkali and needs acid to create the carbon dioxide for a reaction. It is used with acidic ingredients like buttermilk, sour cream, cocoa powder, and brown sugar to help achieve a nice rise. It is also more powerful than baking powder and is used in smaller amounts to avoid imparting a bitter flavor. : )
Very entertaining video! It’s nice to see the crew on camera! And that banana cake looks insanely good, cannot wait to make it! Happy Birthday, Dan!! 🍌 🎂
Hbd Dan
I just made a double batch as a result of a fridge raid. Got rid of all the frozen bananas and the ones I forgot were on my counter. None were good enough to slice so I didn't bother. I didn't have the gumption to buy sugar in the raw / demerara either. Still, this recipe is a sleeper hit. Drop everything you're doing and make it right now. I ate a third of a loaf of this amazing bread which is really a beautiful cake.
My favourite thing about Dan being on camera is seeing him do the “What the F*CK do I do with my arms?!”-thing. Very relatable.
You also made key lime pie, brown butter apple cake, and the thanksgiving apple tart! Don’t sell yourself short on baking Home Movies! Real fans remember!!
Hbd Dan
I’ve been watching since Covid started and I have to admit you’ve restarted the cooking fire in me. I cannot wait to try this one, your chill vibe is so welcoming. Also, your jewelry is always fire! That blue ring is amazing and I hope both Dans had very happy birthdays! Canadian neighbour subscriber for life.
Spoiler alert! I have been making this cake ever since Nothing Fancy came out and it is FANTASTIC. Chocolate and banana heaven.
God, you sold me at NOT putting chopped nuts in it. YAAAAS! 🙌🏼🙌🏼
What on earth is wrong with putting chopped nuts in? Roman is fun, but has some really idiosyncratic tastes that are often quite child-like.
@@noktilux4052 It is such a common ingredient and some don’t like it, so it’s simply refreshing to see a cook reflect my tastes as it is rare for this particular item.
PLEASE start the next Home Movie with Dan standing next to you wearing the same clothes as if he had never left 🤣
It's a nice outfit! Hbd Dan
I don't know Dan, but he looks like the kind of guy who pretty much always wears the same sort of outfit. And why not, it works for him.
Happy Birthday, Dan 🎂
Hbd Dan
You can lower the mixing attachment on your mixer by twisting the screw right when the head of the mixer is up. Makes it so handy for getting all the mixture at the bottom of the bowl mixed in.
Natural cocoa powder is acidic but Dutch processed cocoa powder is alkalized so it's more neutral towards basic
I was half way through placing a FD order for groceries when this video popped up, and what a good timing! I added mascarpone and light brown sugar and fresh baking soda to my cart ( had the rest and some bananas ready to explode) can't wait to make it tomorrow :)
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@@karam9866 ??
This video comes at the PERFECT time as I am isolated in my house, recovering from covid, with my 2 small kids. Maybe if I keep stuffing chocolate banana bread/cake in their mouths they will give me space? I'll make 2 just in case... THANKS ALISON!
Just made it- so moist, so delicious. Do not skip the grainy sugar in the tin.
Happy birthday Dan!
Hbd Dan
Well.... he's adorable. Happy Birthday D.
Seeing Dan was so much fun! We want to see David next !!!
Thank you Dan!💕
Hbd Dan
Happy Birthday Dan 🎉🎈
Btw Alison you are truly my culinary comfort animal. Between you and Carla Lalli Music I feel you two really have got my back. I’m a good cook already and just watching your content gives me so many ideas (as opposed to recipes). You ROCK.
Just discovered Carla Lalli Music! Love her!
so glad you found your 1/3 measuring cup, Alison. :D
As someone who cannot stand the smell of overripe bananas but loves banana bread, I can totally relate.
Happy belated Birthday Dan.....Rock on!!
Rock on and Hbd Dan
🤘
The shot of you pouring that sugar into the mixer bowl was one of the more satisfying food shots on this channel
Hi Alison ,
I am not sure if you will read this? Thank you for such a gorgeous recipe! I made it last year and followed your recipe to a tee. This year I added my creative touch, ( not that your recipe needed improving) I added a splash of coffee, I also added up some dark chocolates with sea salt in them WOW!! I love your channel your receipts are nothing short of wonderful!! Merry Christmas !! Jen
Happy belated birthday Mr Dan 🎂💐
Hbd Mr Dan
I’ve been making banana bread since I could reach my Mom’s Sunbeam Mixmaster, back in the 60’s. I’m so used to walnuts and no chocolate, it might be a big adjustment! I love banana bread!
Happy birthday baby
Happy trip around the sun Dan. You are important to the group.
Made this and it was the BEST. The written recipe tells you to add the flour mixture then fold in the banana and mascarpone. DO NOT FOLLOW THAT. It would be tough to mix. Follow the order in this video where she put the bananas and flour mixture together then mascarpone. It was so delicious I made it twice in one day. 🤣
I made it! Thank you Alison. I love your advice and your wacky sense of humor.
This was such a lovely episode ✨
I love her cooking other ppls favorite dishes
ok but rye flour in banana bread is divine, highly recommend
It's true- the editing makes everything so funny! The STOMP thing...hilarious! Well done Dan!
I just made this. It's incredible. It is also glued to the loaf tin 😆 But I'm cool with cutting chunks off and gobbling them up as I go. When I saw in the recipe blurb that this wasn't breakfast I was STUNNED. I thought Alison and I were 👯♀til I read that. Of COURSE it could be for breakfast. But, as ever, she was right. I'd be dead by 11am.
It's glorious. Make it! (But not for breakfast) ❤
I was LITERALLY looking for a chocolate banana bread recipe the other day. No lie. Thank you, @AlisonRoman!
i am allergic to bananas and yet I will still watch all of Alison's banana-themed dessert videos (petition for a berry themed dessert video pls)
Happy Birthday, Dan
Dan the great. Happy birthday 🎉🎉🎉
Hey! The mechanism behind the rise is due to the baking soda (alkaline) reacting to the acidic nature of the cocoa powder. Beautiful banana bread, will need to try!
Baking this tonight, I'm beyond excited
Cake used to be a taxed item back then, so bakers called it "bread" to avoid the taxation.
Omg, I love Dan. He's so cute and fun
we love you Dan!
Hbd dan! also love how chatty david in the background here
Perfect timing! I have a bunch of too ripe bananas to deal with. A million thank yous.
Omg…so cute snd funny! Happy Birthday, Dan! Thanks, Alison!
Hbd Dan
Just made this. The batter is delish so I known it will be an Easter hit! Thank you
I thought Dan was going to do a takeover! Happy Birthday...to both Dan's!
This recipe is delicious! Will definitely be making it for years to come
Yay, how nice to recognize birthdays! I love making banana bread and believe that chocolate makes everything better!! I pretty much exclusively use my late Nana's KA standing mixer....I have no idea how old it is but it has never failed me . It looks very similar! Thank you for helping me understand this recipe and take things to the next level😍
I adore nuts generally, but walnuts &/or pecans is an absolute must.
Made this yesterday, absolutely delicious!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO DAN!!!!
Happy again both are here thanks for uploading dear
Finally made this, recipe. Totally rocks and I'm not a huge banana bread person. Make this!
BAKING SODA works to leaven this bread/cake because reacts with the slight acidities of COCOA/CHOCOLATE, soured DAIRY, and BROWN SUGAR. Makes carbon dioxide bubbles as soon as the baking soda touches moisture. 🔬
I always look forward to your Home Movies.
Ahahah Dan's rocks! HBD!
Hbd Dan
When saw the cover I thought it was a fossil of bananas lol
dan going "stay strong" without missing a beat lol I can't
Happy Birthday and new year Dan!
Hbd Dan
YES yes yes to hating the smell of ripe bananas! also your semi disgusted face when holding the bananas is so relatable
Happy birthday to your dad💐
We love Dan!!!
Aw! We like Dan!
i thought you said in your video that the recipe in the link would have the weight measurements for the ingredients. the recipe in the link only has cups, etc listed
I want to work (laugh!) in your kitchen! Hysterical 😂!
Awww.. Alison, you OK girl? I can see how much you love and miss your dad. My eyes got teary with you.
Back to the banana bread! I make the most basic version as I'm no baker, but this looks so delish I have to try it and I do think it's easy enough for people like me to do!
I made this and recommend a bit if shave chocolate in the batter since I didn’t do the sugar on the side (just top). Great book!
Hey Dan...happy birthday!!!
Hbd Dan
Great fun baking a lovely treat for Dan. Belated birthday wishes, Dan and thanks for making such creative videos! Alison, thanks for the confirmation regarding seltzer in Matzoh balls, we were having that debate recently. 😘
Dan - “Leafy, Spriggy, Coarse” 🤣🤣
I love banana bread. I love banana bread
wow 80% correct that's amazing. for me I say stuff of the top of my head and expect people to believe me lol hahhaha
Baking soda:
In addition, cocoa is acidic once hydrated and so the baking soda will react with it.
Baking soda also promotes browning by raising the pH as it interacts with liquid. The Maillard reaction (responsible for browning) happens more readily in a mixture with higher pH.
Dan is adorable....
Those bananas are like Lindsay Buckingham. LOL, love it!
That initial reaction did it for me
wow i was just about to make banana bread today then you uploaded this. thank you!!!!
Banana bread is fantastic for road trips. Taste even better a day or two into the trip.
PS - I have the same mixer in the same color!
Never thought of that
That's a smart idea
Definitely doing that next road trip
Great video as always, Alison! :)
Just made regular banana bread but adding chocolate is the bestest!!!
I LOVE Dan 😂❤️
Best channel on RUclips!
You should have a million subscribers. Dan is right.
@@lisatate5559 Hbd Dan
I made this yesterday, it was the best ! Yum yum!