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Banana, prune and walnut loaf
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Delicious, moist and easy to make, this banana bread is perfect served sliced with a cup of afternoon tea
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Serves: 10
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Prep time: 20 mins
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Cooking time: 50 mins
Ingredients
- 250g pitted prunes, roughly chopped
- 1 tbsp golden syrup
- 150ml water
- 3 ripe bananas, mashed
- 100g walnuts, chopped
- 150ml milk, semi skimmed
- 10 walnut halves
- 75g unsalted butter, softened
- 75g caster sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 tsp ground all spice
- 175g self-raising flour
- Pinch of salt
Method
- Pre-heat the oven to 170ºC/gas 3. Lightly grease and line the loaf tin.
- Place the prunes, golden syrup and water into a saucepan and gently warm, mashing the prunes with the back of a fork, then cool.
- In a large mixing bowl, beat together the butter and caster sugar until fluffy and pale, add the eggs beating well. Fold in the banana, milk, chopped walnuts, all spice and cooled prune mixture and combine well.
- Sift in the flour and gently fold into the batter.
- Spoon into the prepared loaf tin, arrange the walnut halves on top and bake for approximately 50-55 minutes or until a skewer when inserted comes out clean.
- Whilst still warm brush with a little extra warmed golden syrup. Leave to cool in the tin before turning out and slicing.
For further information and Booths products, please visit www.booths.co.uk
By Andrea Mann
Nutritional information
Guideline Daily Amount for 2,000 calories per day are: 70g fat, 20g saturated fat, 90g sugar, 6g salt.
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