Banana Bread

• 3 cups all purpose flour
• 1/2 cup ground poppy seeds
• 1 2/3 cups ground hazelnuts
• 4 tsp baking powder
• 13 tbsp butter, softened
• 1 1/4 cups sugar
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 3 None medium eggs
• 3 None ripe bananas, peeled and mashed
• 2 tbsp sour cream
• 7 oz marzipan
• 1/2 cup powdered sugar, + 1 tblsp for dusting
• None None yellow food coloring
• 1/2 tsp cocoa powder

1. Preheat oven to 350u0b0F. In a large bowl, mix together the flour, poppy seeds, nuts and baking powder. In a separate bowl, cream together the butter, sugar and vanilla extract. Add a pinch of salt and stir in the eggs one at a time. Fold in the mashed bananas and the sour cream. Then fold in the flour mixture. Transfer to a well greased and floured 12 inch loaf pan and bake on the middle rack for about 1 hour. Remove from the oven and allow to cool for 1 hour in the pan before removing and cooling on a wire rack.
2. For the banana decoration. knead the marzipan with 1/2 cup powdered sugar and yellow food coloring. Roll out on a work surface, and using a banana peel as a template, cut out the shape. Mold into a banana peel shape and dust with cocoa powder where necessary. Dust the cake with powdered sugar and place the marzipan banana peel on top.

flour, ground hazelnuts, baking powder, butter, sugar, vanilla, eggs, bananas, sour cream, powdered sugar, yellow food coloring, cocoa

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