It took a few years, but eventually I began to love the Banana. I had always loved banana milkshakes and those little foam banana sweets, man I ate a lot of them!
They started giving free banana's away at work, amongst other fruits, so I thought I had better get involved. I do like to collect them up, let them go mushy - mainly because I forget I had saved them - and then make some Banana Bread. It took a while to find the right recipe but I have struggled through making many loafs to get here...
Ingredients. Use a 900g Loaf Tin
100g Butter, softened
175g Golden Caster Sugar
2 Eggs
2 Ripe Bananas, riper the better
225g Self-Raising Flour
1 tbsp Baking Powder
1 tbsp Ground Cinnamon
1 tbsp Milk
175g Cooking Chocolate Chips
Method
1. Lightly grease the loaf tin and line it with non-stick baking parchment. Pre-heat the oven to 160º no fan
2. Beat together the butter, sugar and banana until smooth. It will look a little unpleasant, but soldier on
3. Add the eggs one at a time with a spoonful of flour and beat to combine. Add the rest of the flour with the baking powder and cinnamon. Stir through the chocolate chips
4. Pour into the prepared loaf tine and bake for 50-55 minutes. Check after 40 minutes and cover with tin foil if the top is browning too quickly
5. Remove from the oven and leave the cake to cool in the tin for a few minutes before moving to a wire rack to cool completely
6. Slice thickly and enjoy, can be smothered in butter. Like most things.
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