I could easily scoff my way through several slices a day if I felt the urge, and kid myself it counts towards my five-a-day. However my colleagues at work also love cake, so I thought I'd be nice and take it into the office for everyone to enjoy.
As desserts go, banana bread is possibly one of the cheapest and easiest things to make. All you need is few ripe bananas and the essential ingredients for a cake:
200g self raising flour (sifted)
100g margarine
400g mashed banana - the riper the better
150g caster sugar
2 eggs
50g walnuts
1/4 teaspoon mixed spice (optional)
In one bowl combine your flour, mixed spice and margarine. Rub together with your hands to get a breadcrumb-like consistency.
In another larger bowl, mix together your mashed bananas and caster sugar. Don't mash them up too much, you want them to still be nice and lumpy - you're not making a smoothie here!
Add your flour mixture, along with the chopped walnuts. Add your eggs and mix it all together.
Pour the mixture in a loaf tin, and cook for 1 hour at 175°C, or until golden brown. You can test its done by putting a skewer through - if it comes out clean it's done, if not leave it in a little longer.
Best served warm with some clotted cream and strawberries, but equally as good for breakfast/elevensees/foursees/any-time-you-want-sees!
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