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.