This brilliant banana loaf will become your family’s favourite
Got some ripe bananas you need to use up? This recipe is perfect!
By Amy Sinclair
Who doesn’t love banana loaf or banana bread? Perfect for afternoon tea, lunch boxes, picnics and more, this recipe WILL be your favourite.
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Brilliant Banana Loaf
Prep: 15 Minutes – Cook: 30 Minutes – Easy – Serves 8-10
Ingredients
- 140g/5oz butter, softened, plus extra for the tin
- 140g/5oz caster sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 140g/5oz self-raising flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 2 very ripe bananas, mashed
- 50g/2oz icing sugar
- handful dried banana chips, to decorate
Method
- Heat oven to 180°C/160°C fan/gas 4. Butter a 2lb loaf tin and line the base and sides with baking parchment.
- Cream the butter and sugar until light and fluffy, then slowly add the eggs with a little flour. Fold in the remaining flour, baking powder and bananas. Pour into the tin and bake for about 30 mins until a skewer comes out clean. Cool in the tin for 10 mins, then remove to a wire rack.
- Mix the icing sugar with 2-3 tsp water to make a runny icing. Drizzle the icing across the top of the cake and decorate with banana chips.
This article appears on New Idea and is republished here with permission.
