On Nov 18, 7:41*am, Wayne Boatwright >
wrote:
> I really hate it when recipes forbananacake orbananabread 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 littlebananaresults in a dry cake or
> bread, just as too muchbananaresults in a cake or bread that falls. *Recipe
> authors ought to get their bananas together. :-)

I just came across a recipe for banana coffee cake and it called for
3/4 C mashed, ripe bananas. The cookbook I've had tho since the very
late sixties. Maybe today's authors are just not thinking?