Banana, Walnut and Date Loaf

This week I had some bananas that needed using, so what better way to use them than to bake a banana loaf!

I love how moist and sweet banana cake is.

This time I wanted to add a little extra to the cake.

This is what I got...

 

Banana, Walnut and Date Loaf

 

Ingredients

 

175g baking spread

175g light muscovado sugar

175g self raising flour

3 eggs, at room temperature

1/2 tsp vanilla paste

2 ripe bananas, mashed

50g chopped dates

50g walnuts, roughly chopped

 

Method

 

Pre heat the oven to 180C

 

1 - Mix the spread until smooth

 

2 - Add the sugar and mix together until light and creamy

 

3 - Gradually add the eggs with a little flour to prevent curdling

 

4 - Mix in the vanilla paste

 

5 - Sift in the flour and mix until all of the ingredients and evenly combined

 

6 - Fold in the bananas, walnuts and dates

 

7 - Place the mixture into a lined loaf tin and bake in the pre heated oven for 40 minutes, checking after 30 minutes and if the top is nicely browned cover with foil to prevent burning!

 

8 - Once baked through remove from the tin and leave to cool on a cooling rack

 

This cake is a deliciously moist cake. The added dates and walnuts give this cake some lovely extra flavours and textures!

It is perfect with a cup of tea!

Enjoy x



 

 

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