Who doesn't love banana bread? Best served fresh out of the oven but beware it may crumble a little. I also love banana bread toasted with a bit of butter (perfect for when its a few days old and needs a bit of love). Don't forget to use the brownest bananas you can find for maximum flavour.
recipe
Servings:
1 loaf
Cook time:
Ingredients
225g flour
2 tsp baking powder
40g butter
40g lard (butter if you don’t have it)
1 large egg beaten
110g caster sugar
4 feet ripe bananas
70g chopped walnuts
1 zest orange and 1 zest lemon (or 2 lemons / oranges depending what you have)
1 tbsp Demerara sugar
1 tbsp cinnamon
Method
1. Sift flour and baking powder into a bowl
2. Add butter, lard (depending on what you’re using) egg and caster sugar
3. Mix until they have a sandy consistency and add the mashed bananas
4. Fold in the chopped walnuts and zest
5. Pour into cake lined in greaseproof paper
6. Mix the demerara sugar and cinnamon and sprinkle over the top of the cake and decorate with walnuts
7. Bake at 180c for 1 hour and 10 minutes
8. Leave cake in tin for 10 mins before cooling on a wire rack