Banana Bread

Banana Bread

A simple but tasty banana loaf bread.

Ingredients

Cake

  • 125g butter room temperature
  • 200g brown sugar
  • 2 extra-large eggs
  • 350g (approx. 5/6) large bananas
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 250g flour
  • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1 pinch of salt

Topping

  • 2 tablespoon brown sugar
  • 1 teaspoon cinnamon

Method

  1. Preheat the oven at 180°C and grease a loaf tin.
  2. Beat the butter (125g) and Brown Sugar (200g) together until light, then add each egg individually.
  3. Mash or use a blender to break down the banana bread and add to the mixture. Stir in the vanilla extract too.
  4. Mix together the flour (250g), baking powder (2 tsp) and cinnamon (1 tsp) then combine the two mixes.
  5. Add the mixture to the loaf tin.
  6. Combine the brown sugar and cinnmon to make the topping and sprinkle on top before putting it in the oven.
  7. Leave in the oven for 45 minutes or until a cake tester comes out clean.

The loaf before going into the oven

The finished product - banana bread