Deserts and baked goods always go down well at home and this is a firm favorite. The whole thing is usually eaten within a couple of days so I try not to make it too often, as an attempt not to turn into one! It's funny when somebody says that they are not that into food and then they hoover down your banana bread...ehem ehem Maria...
banana bread
(you can also add some lemon and orange zest for added flavor, about half of each, but i prefer without)
1. Preheat the oven to 180 C / Gas mark 4.
2. In a large bowl, combine flour, bicarbonate of soda and salt.
3. In a separate bowl, cream together butter and sugar. Stir in eggs and mashed bananas until well blended. Stir banana mixture into flour mixture. Pour mixture into prepared loaf tin.
4. Bake in preheated oven for 60 to 65 minutes, until a knife inserted into centre of the loaf comes out clean. Leave to cool in tin for 10 minutes, then turn out onto a wire cooling rack.
Enjoy :)
banana bread
- 250g plain flour
- 1 heaped teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
- pinch salt
- 115g butter
- 115g dark brown soft sugar (I usually do half dbs sugar and half golden caster sugar, but it doesn't matter too much)
- 2 eggs, beaten
- About 4 mashed over-ripe bananas (the bananas HAVE to be over-ripe as they give off much more flavor)
- 2 heaped Teaspoons cinnamon
- About 100g of chocolate chunks -dairy milk or something
(you can also add some lemon and orange zest for added flavor, about half of each, but i prefer without)
1. Preheat the oven to 180 C / Gas mark 4.
2. In a large bowl, combine flour, bicarbonate of soda and salt.
3. In a separate bowl, cream together butter and sugar. Stir in eggs and mashed bananas until well blended. Stir banana mixture into flour mixture. Pour mixture into prepared loaf tin.
4. Bake in preheated oven for 60 to 65 minutes, until a knife inserted into centre of the loaf comes out clean. Leave to cool in tin for 10 minutes, then turn out onto a wire cooling rack.
Enjoy :)
