Banana bread for dinner

A cross between banana bread and a drizzle cake, this easy banana loaf recipe is a brief bake that may be frozen. It’s wonderful for the usage of up overripe bananas, too.

1.    Ingredients

  • 140g butter, softened, plus extra for the tin
  • 140g caster sugar
  • 2 large eggs, crushed
  • 140g self-raising flour
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 2 very ripe bananas, mashed
  • 50g icing sugar
  • handful dried banana chips, for decoration

2.    Method

STEP 1

Heat oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4.

STEP 2

Butter a 2lb loaf tin and line the base and sides with baking parchment.

STEP 3

Cream 140g softened butter and 140g caster sugar till mild and fluffy, then slowly add 2 crushed large eggs with a little of the 140g flour.

STEP 4

Fold in the remaining flour, 1 tsp baking powder and a pair of mashed bananas.

STEP 5

Pour the aggregate into the organized tin and bake for approximately 50 minutes, or till cooked through. Check the loaf at 5-min periods from round 30-forty minutes with inside the oven through checking out it with a skewer (it need to be capable of be inserted and eliminated cleanly), because the time can also additionally range relying at the form of your loaf tin.

STEP 6

Cool in the tin for 10 minutes, then remove to a wire rack.

STEP 7

Mix 50g icing sugar with 2-3 tsp water to make a runny icing.

STEP 8

Drizzle the icing across the top of the cake and beautify with a handful of banana chips.

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