Recipe of the month: Banana Bread

Ingredients

 

• 140g butter softened, (plus extra for the tin)
• 140g caster sugar
• 2 large eggs
• 140g self raising flour
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 2 very ripe bananas mashed
• A loaf tin
• Grease proof paper

• Heat your oven to 180C/160C (fan)/ gas 4.
• Add your softened butter and sugar into a bowl and beat the ingredients until they are fluffy
• Add 2 large eggs with a little of the 140g flour into the bowl of sugar and softened butter and mix all the ingredients.
• Fold in the remaining flour, 1 tsp baking powder and 2 mashed bananas.
• Get your loaf tin (a cake tin will also do), line your tin with grease proof paper and make sure the paper is buttered.
• Pour the mixture into the prepared tin and bake for about 50 mins, or until cooked through. Check the loaf at 5-min intervals from around 30-40 mins in the oven by testing it with a skewer (it should be able to be inserted and removed cleanly), as the time may vary depending on the shape of your loaf tin.
• Cool in the tin for 10 mins. Once the banana bread has cooled, remove from the tin and put onto a plate for serving.
• Enjoy!