Tea Breads, Buns And Muffins Recipes - Whole Meal Banana Nut Loaf

Ingredients

• 115g/1/2 cup butter, at room temperature

• 50g/1/2 cup caster sugar

• 2 eggs, at room temperature

• 115g/1 cup plain flour

• 5ml/1 tsp bicarbonate of soda

• 1.5ml/1/4 tsp salt

• 5ml/1 tsp ground cinnamon

• 50g/1/2 cup whoelmeal flour

• 3 large ripe bananas

• 5ml/1 tsp vanilla essence

• 50g/1/2 cup chopped walnuts

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Method:

1. Preheat the oven to 180C/350F. Line a 23 x 13cm/9 x 5in loaf tin with greaseproof paper and then grease the paper.

2. With an electric mixer, cram the butter an sugars until lightly and fluffy. Add the eggs, one at a time, beating well after eahc addtion.

3. Sift the flour, bicarbonate of soda, salt and cinnamon over the butter mixture and stir to blend. Then stir in the wholemeal flour.

4. With a fork, mash the bananas to a puree, then stir into the mixture. Stir in the vanilla essence and nuts.

5. Pour the mixture into the prepared tin and spread level. Bake until a skewer inserted in the centre comes out clean, about 50-60 minutes. Leave to stand for 10 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.