Moist Banana Bread With Crumb Topping

Treat yourself to a slice of the moist banana bread with crumb topping (aka streusel). It is made with brown sugar and lots of bananas, flavored with dark rum, and baked with a delicious, sweet streusel topping.

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Step 1

Preheat the oven to 300 degrees F/150 degrees C. To make the bread batter, beat softened butter and brown sugar for 5 minutes, using an electric mixer. Add all-purpose flour (1 ⅔ cup + 4 tablespoons/240 g) mixed with baking powder, eggs, and delicately mix with a rubber spatula. Mash bananas with a fork and fold them into the principal preparation. Add rum and mix with a spatula just until combined. Place the bread batter in the fridge while making the streusel.

Step 2

To make the crumb topping in a separate bowl, mix all-purpose flour (5 tbsp/40 g) and almond flour. Add icing (powdered) sugar and chilled salted butter cut into pieces, and make the crumbly dough with your hands. It has to look like wet sand.

Step 3

Butter and flour a silicone loaf pan or line a nonstick loaf pan with parchment paper. Pour the batter into the pan, sprinkle the streusel on top, and bake for 90 minutes. The bread is ready when a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean. Sprinkle the top of the bread with flaked toasted almonds and dust with icing (powdered) sugar.

Step 4

Soften unsalted butter by taking it out of the fridge 2 hours before cooking.

Step 5

Replace dark rum with some juice if you serve the cake to kids.

Step 6

Mash bananas with a fork, an electric handheld mixer, or a potato masher.

Step 7

Do not overmix the bread batter when you add crushed bananas. Instead, gently mix to combine.

Step 8

Split the recipe into four small loaves or make banana bread mini muffins if you prefer.

Step 9

Adjust your oven's baking time: I have tested and re-tested that the cake is ready in 90 minutes.

Step 10

Test the cake for readiness! Use a toothpick: if it is inserted in the middle of the cake, comes out clean, the bread is ready. If it still has the batter on it, add another 3 to 5 minutes and test again.

Step 11

Cool the baked banana bread completely before slicing.

Step 12

Serve with a dollop of mascarpone or slabs of salted butter.