Banana Bread or Banana and Walnut Cake
A delicious banana bread with walnuts, perfect as a cake or bread.
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- •3 Ripe bananasmedium-sized, mashed
- •1 teaspoon Vanilla extract
- •115 grams Buttersoftened
- •2 Eggslarge, beaten, room temperature
- •230 grams Plain flouror all-purpose flour
- •1 teaspoon Baking powder
- •1/4 teaspoon Bicarbonate of sodaalso known as baking soda
- •1/4 teaspoon Salt
- •150 grams Granulated sugar
- •1/2 teaspoon Ground cinnamon
- •1/2 teaspoon Ground nutmeg
- •Walnutsbroken into smaller pieces
- •1 teaspoon Demerara sugar(optional)for sprinkling on top
- 1
Preheat the oven to 150°C (300°F).
5 min
- 2
Grease and flour a 900g (2 lb) loaf tin.
3 min
- 3
Mash 3 medium-sized ripe bananas in a bowl.
2 min
- 4
Add 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract, 115g of softened butter, and 2 large beaten eggs to the bananas.
3 min
- 5
In another bowl, mix 230g of plain flour, 1 teaspoon of baking powder, 1/4 teaspoon of bicarbonate of soda, 1/4 teaspoon of salt, 150g of granulated sugar, 1/2 teaspoon of ground cinnamon, and 1/2 teaspoon of ground nutmeg.
5 min
- 6
Combine the dry ingredients with the wet ingredients and mix until smooth.
3 min
- 7
Fold in the walnuts.
2 min
- 8
Pour the mixture into the prepared loaf tin and sprinkle with 1 teaspoon of Demerara sugar.
3 min
- 9
Bake in the preheated oven for 1 hour.
1h 0m
- 10
Test with a skewer; if it comes out clean, the bread is done. If not, bake for an additional 5 minutes.
5 min
- 11
Let the bread cool for 10 minutes before removing from the tin.
10 min
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