Chrissy Teigen famously offered up her husband's underwear in exchange for some overripe bananas earlier this month, and following the success of her unique crowd sourcing efforts, the cookbook author has shared her original recipe for 'Banana Bundt Bread'.
The bread, which features bananas, vanilla pudding, chocolate and coconut, not only sounds delicious, but the recipe will be featured in the follow up to her first bestselling cookbook, Cravings.
Giving her 14.6 million Instagramfollowers a taste of what's to come, Chrissy, 31, took to Instagram share a snapshot of her handwritten recipe, proving that the brown bananas she searched for on Twitter were put to good use.
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Yum! Chrissy Teigen has shared her original recipe for 'Banana Bundt Bread' with her 14.6 million Instagram followers
Surprise:The bread, which features bananas, vanilla pudding, chocolate and coconut, will be featured in the follow up to her bestselling cookbook, Cravings
She's bananas! The 31-year-old asked her Twitter followers to give her bananas in exchange for her husband John Legend's underwear earlier this month
'Heading into the final week of recipe developing for #cravings2!' she captioned the image. 'You guys have been such a huge part of this one...I've loved seeing what you guys enjoyed making the most and learning what you want more of.
'You guys...are awesome. And I miss posting food. I'm going to Instagram a lot more freaking food and if you don't like it you can suck it! Love you.'
Chrissy's recipe includes detailed instructions, as well as her recommendation to serve with 'sweet salty butter'.
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The struggle is real:The Cravings author desperately needed brown - or overripe - bananas for her new recipe
No joke:To coerce those who may have thought she was pulling a prank, Chrissy followed up her request with another tweet
Caution:Chrissy realized there are no safety guidelines for bartering for produce on social media so she sent out another text with instructions
The eagle has landed:Chrissy's assistant - aka her mom - made the trek to pick up the priceless fruit as she took pictures of the exchange and posted them on Chrissy's Twitter
'Irish butter [is] my fave,' she noted.
Less than two weeks ago, Chrissy was in desperate need for brown bananas, and she turned to her 7.78 million Twitter followers for help.
'If u have 6 BROWN bananas in the LA area, I will send my assistant to your home with a signed cookbook, John's underwear and a Becca palette,' the model propositioned her fans.
To coerce those who may have thought she was pulling a prank, Chrissy followed up her request with another tweet.
Mission accomplished: Chrissy posted a Snapchat of her mom arriving home with the goods
Decisions:One of the banana donors tweeted a picture of the rewards and asked if she should frame the Calvin Klein underwear
The saga continues!After attempting the banana bread recipe, Chrissy discovered she needed more bananas and returned to Twitter
Kindness of strangers: Chrissy's mom went out a second time to retrieve more bananas
United by bread: The model made sure her Twitter users knew that this banana bread recipe was a team effort
'SERIOUS INQUIRIES ONLY. please send me a photo of u holding the bananas, giving the peace sign,' was posted one minute after the original tweet.
The response was overwhelming, and she had a variety of responses within five minutes as her fans sprang into action, tweeting photos of themselves holding their overripe bananas just as she’d asked.
Chrissy realized there are no safety guidelines for bartering for produce on social media so she sent out another text with instructions.
'Just for safety, my assistant asks that u taste a small piece of the banana in front of her before making the trade.' the Lip Sync Battle host tweeted as a precaution.
All is well: After Chrissy received all the bananas she needed, she went on to share videos of herself making the banana bread
All out: Chrissy broke up a bar of dark chocolate and mixed it into the batter
Unconventional: Chrissy opted for a round pan instead of the conventional loaf shape, explaining in her recipe that the Bundt pans makes it 'so much better' to her
The mother of one-year-old Luna had her request filled in just under 10 minutes as she tweeted: 'Banana submissions are now closed. Thank you guys so much I will send the runner ups some banana bread once done'.
Chrissy's assistant - aka her mom - made the trek to pick up the priceless fruit as she took pictures of the exchange and posted them on Chrissy's Twitter.
One of the banana donors tweeted a picture of the rewards and asked if she should frame the Calvin Klein underwear. However, that wasn't the end of the saga.
'I really, really hate to say this but. I need one more banana,' Chrissy explained when she returned to Twitter.
'It's happening': Chrissy gave fans live updates of the baking process on Snapchat
Dangerous: Chrissy suggests the bread be served with a pat of 'sweet salty butter'
Praise be: Followers were ecstatic that she had shown a close-up of the finished product
Chrissy's mother ended up heading back out for two more bananas, and she happily posed for a photo with her daughter's second savior.
'This is no longer my banana bread. this is *our* banana bread,' the Lip Sync battle star tweeted of the group effort to complete the recipe.
After it was all said and done, Chrissy shared videos of herself making the bread, and she was overjoyed when she sliced up the final product.
'Look how pretty it is. Look at how moist. Get in there. Oh my gosh,' she says while sharing a close-up clip of her banana bread.
