You are here:
goodtoknow
Recipes
Nutty banana bread

Nutty banana bread

Average rating:

A cake that's delicious for breakfast with a steaming cup of coffee. Swap the nuts for your favourite ones or make it nut-free.

Makes: 10-12

Ingredients

The loaf will keep for a few days in an airtight container. The nuts can be replaced with different ones, or left out if you have a nut allergy. Freezing tipCut cold cake into slices and wrap each slice in cling film. Pack in a rigid container, seal, label and freeze. Use within 2 months. Reheat slices for about 60 secs in the microwave

Send us your tips >

75g (2½oz) butter, softened100g (3½oz) light brown sugar or caster sugar
2 large eggs
3 ripe bananas (about 500g/1lb)
A few drops of vanilla extract, optional
200g (7oz) plain wholemeal flour
2 heaped tsp baking powder
100g (3½oz) mixed walnut pieces and toasted hazelnuts
900g (2lb) loaf tin, lightly greased and strip-lined

Method

Set oven to gas mark 4 or 180°C. Cream butter and sugar until fluffy. Beat in eggs, one at a time.
Peel the bananas and mash on a plate, using a fork. Beat mash into the creamed mixture, with the vanilla, if using, then sift in flour (adding the bran that's left in the sieve, too) with the baking powder. Fold in, then stir in the nuts.
Spoon the mixture into tin and smooth the top. Bake for 40-50 mins until loaf is risen and golden, and a skewer inserted into centre comes out clean. Cool in tin for 10 mins then turn out and cool on a wire rack.
Slice and serve warm or cold, spread with butter.

Feature: Kate Moseley. Photos: Simon Pask. Props stylist: Sue Radcliffe

Send us a recipe >

Nutritional information per portion

Calories 247(kcal)
Fat 12.5g

This nutritional information is only a guide and is based on 2,000 calories per day. For more information on eating a healthy diet, please visit the Food Standards Agency website.

Guideline Daily Amount for 2,000 calories per day are: 70g fat, 20g saturated fat, 90g sugar, 6g salt.