When I return from holiday I always look forward
to being greeted by my own bed, my gorgeous little dog and all those little
home comforts that I miss dearly. While all these things were waiting to
welcome me as we stepped back into our home, there was also another thing
waiting for us. A fridge and fruit bowl full of food that had certainly seen
better times... As my brother flew out to meet us a few days later, he had been
tasked with disposing of all potential moulding objects, which evidently he had
failed to do. All of the unsightly produce was swiftly disposed of, but if
there was a silver lining in this scenario it was that we were lift with 2
extremely ripe bananas. And what else do you do with ripe bananas? That's
right, You make banana bread!
It's one of my favourite things and reminds me of
when I was little. Of course my granny is never one to waste, and she always
seemed to be throwing her leftover bananas into this tasty cake. It's pretty
easy to make. Just follow this recipe and you should have yourself a loaf of
bananany goodness in no time.
You will need...
125g of butter
150g of caster sugar
1 teaspoon of vanilla extract
2 VERY ripe bananas
190g of self raising flour
60ml of Milk
Start off by preheating your oven to 150 degrees
if you’re using a fan oven, 170 for regular or gas mark 3. Then line a
medium sized loaf tin with grease proof paper, grease it and set
aside. Next it's time to rustle up some moist and scrumptious banana
bread!
Weigh out your butter, sugar and vanilla extract
into a bowl before popping it into a pan. Stick it on the stove and melt your
ingredients together over a medium heat. Once melted, take it off and place it
to one side for a wee second.
It's then time to get mushy! Mash those bananas
together good and proper!
Then add your melted mixture back into the bowl,
and crack in your egg. Give it a good stir.
Now as you can see my mixture was looking a tad
on the lumpy side due to my bananas. I personally hate chunky banana in my
banana bread so I always give it a good whisk at this point to create a smooth
mix. If you want to, whisk it up with an electric whisk just until the lumps
come out.
Sift in your flour and add the milk.
Go to town on the mixing until it’s nice and
smooth.
Now it's time to pour your mixture it into the
baking tin you put together earlier. Blue Peter style.
Once it's cooked take your cake out of the oven
and breathe in that heavenly smell! Remove from the tin and peel of the paper.
Let it cool for a bit, but I would always say that this is best served warm!
I put some banana on top for decoration, but if you’re
planning on hiding it in a tin for another time, I wouldn't do this. Keep it
fresh.
