Wayne Boatwright wrote:
> I really hate it when recipes for banana cake or banana bread specify the
> number of bananas rather than giving a cup or weight measurement. Even
> specifying "large" or "medium" bananas is not too meaningful since size
> varies considerably. Baking recipes are highly dependent on exact quantities
> of major ingredients for success. Two little banana results in a dry cake or
> bread, just as too much banana results in a cake or bread that falls. Recipe
> authors ought to get their bananas together. :-)
>


I thought that you needed very ripe bananas for banana bread, in which
case the bananas would have roughly the same consistency as the batter,
so the amount of banana would not have to be precise.