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No vanilla extract because my recipe doesn't call for it.

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Oh I 100% plan to

I’d like to clarify in this recipe the lemon juice is used as leavening, not flavoring. That combined the the amount of baking powder and soda means i will place the loaf pan in a 9x13 pan before putting it in the oven

[ID: #well the lemon juice is going to be flavoring now.]

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Hows the cake going?

Im waiting for my roommates to go to sleep so they don’t witness my madness

Ingredient Measurements

*you have until my roommates finish watching shark tank to tell me I did the math wrong*

Im gonna make a version with and without the salt so we can revel in all the lemon juice

Roommates are asleep, let’s bake

Off to a a strong start with butter and sugar

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Banana and egg have made it kinda soupy, which wouldn’t be a problem in a normal recipe, but with the small amount of flour I don’t think this will end well.

[Image ID: the same yellow bowl with a soupy, yellow mix inside. /End ID]

Behold 1/2+ cups of lemon juice

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Very soupy with the milk and lemon juice in

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Salt!

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When I mixed the dry and wet ingredients, it immediately started bubbly up and was audibly hissing. It formed a surprisingly normal batter, besides the bubbles. Normal thickness.

[Image ID/ a bubbly, tan batter in a yellow bowl /End ID]

[Image ID: the same batter in a loaf pan lined with parchment paper /End ID]

Only one side has salt, but I was in such a hurry to get it in the oven before the bubbles ran out that I can’t remember which side

I trimmed the top of the parchment paper so it wouldn't burn, and I tasted a bit of the cooked batter, and yeah I know what side is salted now

About halfway through cooking. It’s sunken down some in the middle

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There’s a smell in the kitchen from the banana bread. I can’t quite describe it. Almost smells like normal banana bread but then there’s just this hint of something foul

Took about an hour to cook, which is what my recipe normally does. Little over done on top, and the middle has really sunken down. Trying it once it cools down.

[Image ID: parchment paper lined loaf pan with a dark loaf in it and a fork /End ID]

I poked at it a bit with a fork before trying it, and it looked like the banana parts kinda separated out. Had a similar texture to normal banana bread.

Taste wise, I spit both sides out within seconds of putting them in my mouth and then washed out my mouth with water and then mt dew.

Was too busy getting the flavor out of my mouth to pay attention to whether or not I could taste the lemon. Honestly there wasn’t a bit difference in taste between salt and no salt

Banana bread is now in the trash and I’m hoping the smell dissipates before my roommates wake up. Overall, happy I decided to wait until everyone was asleep before making it