If you want to make banana bread that will please your whole family, using cake flour is a good idea. This type of flour is said to be the best flour to use for banana bread. Many bakers swear that cake flour is better to use than all-purpose flour. That doesn’t mean that most recipes call for cake flour, though.
Instructions. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F and grease a 9×5 inch loaf pan. First place your bananas in a large mixing bowl and mash together using a fork or potato masher. Next add in oil, eggs, sugar, cinnamon, vanilla, orange juice, and applesauce if only using 2 bananas. Use a whisk and mix until well combined.
Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F. Lightly grease a 5-x-9-inch loaf pan with cooking spray. Sift flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt together into a medium bowl. Set aside. In a separate bowl, mix together bananas, sugars, egg, and melted butter.Mash the bananas in a medium bowl. Stir in the buttermilk. Heat the mixture to 100-110 degrees Fahrenheit. Mix the sugar, whole wheat flour, 4 cups of bread flour, salt, and cinnamon in another bowl. Transfer the banana mixture to the bowl of your stand-type mixer. Add the yeast and stir.