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Easy Cake-Mix Banana Bread

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Updated Dec 11, 2024
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Mix up the batter for this classic bread in just 15 minutes.

How to Make this Recipe Lower in Sugar

Swapping in Betty Crocker’s new Lower Sugar Baking Mixes is an easy way to reduce the sugar in this classic quick bread. You can enjoy the same great taste and same ease of prep. Read below for the simple steps.

Prepare the Batter

Swap Betty Crocker™ Lower Sugar Yellow Cake Mix  for the original cake mix. Stir together with vegetable oil, eggs, and mashed ripe bananas. Stir in 1/2 cup chocolate chips and divide batter between 2 loaf pans.

Bake and Cool

Bake about 43 minutes. The loaves are done when a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Make sure to wait 10 minutes before loosening and removing loaves from pans. The loaves need to cool on a cooling rack for about an hour and a half before slicing.

Enjoy a Lower Sugar Treat

Replacing the original cake mix with Betty’s new lower sugar product and halving the amount of added chocolate chips reduces the total grams of sugar per serving from 12 grams to 9 grams without sacrificing the indulgence.

Easy Cake-Mix Banana Bread

  • Prep Time 15 min
  • Total 2 hr 45 min
  • Servings 24
  • Ingredients 5
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Ingredients

Instructions

  • Step 
    1
    Heat oven to 350°F. Grease and flour bottoms only of 2 (8x4-inch) loaf pans.
  • Step 
    2
    In large bowl, stir together cake mix, oil, eggs and bananas until well blended. Stir in chocolate chips. Divide batter evenly between pans.
  • Step 
    3
    Bake 43 to 48 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center of loaves comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes in pans. Run metal spatula around edge of loaves to loosen; remove from pans to cooling rack. Cool completely, about 1 hour 30 minutes before slicing. Wrap tightly, and store at room temperature.

Nutrition

150 Calories
6g Total Fat
2g Protein
22g Total Carbohydrate
12g Sugars

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size: 1 Slice
Calories
150
Calories from Fat
60
Total Fat
6g
10%
Saturated Fat
2g
11%
Trans Fat
0g
Cholesterol
25mg
8%
Sodium
130mg
5%
Potassium
85mg
2%
Total Carbohydrate
22g
7%
Dietary Fiber
0g
0%
Sugars
12g
Protein
2g
% Daily Value*:
Vitamin A
0%
0%
Vitamin C
0%
0%
Calcium
4%
4%
Iron
4%
4%
Exchanges:
1 Starch; 0 Fruit; 1/2 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 1 Fat;
Carbohydrate Choice
1 1/2
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

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