Banana Bread Recipe
Soft, moist and bursting with banana flavour, this classic banana bread is a timeless tea-time favourite.
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Ingredients
1/2 cup Butter / Margarine
1 cup Sugar
2 Eggs
2 cups Cake Flour
2 tsp Baking Powder
4 Bananas
1 tsp Vanilla Essence
1/2 tsp Salt
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 180°C and grease a loaf tin.
- In a large mixing bowl, beat 1/2 cup butter or margarine with 1 cup sugar until creamy.
- Add 1 tsp vanilla essence and mix well.
- Add 2 eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
- Sift together 2 cups cake flour, 2 tsp baking powder and 1/2 tsp salt, then add to the butter mixture and mix lightly.
- Mash 4 bananas with a fork until smooth and fold them into the batter.
- Mix until just combined and pour into the prepared loaf tin.
- Bake for 1 hour or until a skewer inserted into the centre comes out clean.
- Cool slightly before removing from the tin. Serve warm or cold with butter.
Hints & Tips
- Use very ripe bananas – The riper the bananas, the sweeter and more flavourful your bread will be.
- Add extras – Stir in chopped walnuts, pecans or chocolate chips for a flavour boost.
- Don’t overmix – Overmixing can make your banana bread dense instead of light and fluffy.
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