In this post will be looking at banana bread recipe (List Of Ingredients and Method of Baking)
INTODUCTION
I firmly believe that banana bread is something you should be able to make anytime and anywhere, with a mixer or with a fork, in a loaf pan or in a muffin tin whenever you have a few bananas going soft and freckly. Banana bread, I’m pretty sure, is at least 50 percent of the reason bananas exist. Here is a very basic and very forgiving recipe that takes all of 10 minutes to whisk together. An hour of waiting while your house fills with tempting aromas and then you’ll be snacking on your very own slice of warm, fresh-baked banana bread. Just about the only requirement for making banana bread is that you use ripe bananas. Once the skins start to develop freckles and the fruits are just a little too soft for pleasurable snacking, then it’s banana bread time. Letting your bananas ripen even longer until the skins are brown and the fruit falls apart when you peel it will make your bread even more strongly banana-flavored and richer.
Banana Bread Recipe
140g butter, softened, plus extra for the tin
140g caster sugar
2 large eggs, beaten
140g self-rising flour
1 tsp baking powder
2 very ripe bananas, mashed
50g icing sugar
handful dried banana chips, for decoration
Method Of Preparing
STEP 1
Heat oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4.
STEP 2
Butter a 2lb loaf tin and line the base and sides with baking parchment.
STEP 3
Cream 140g softened butter and 140g caster sugar until light and fluffy, then slowly add 2 beaten large eggs with a little of the 140g flour.
STEP 4
Fold in the remaining flour, 1 tsp baking powder and 2 mashed bananas.
STEP 5
Pour the mixture into the prepared tin and bake for about 50 mins, or until cooked through. Check the loaf at 5-min intervals from around 30-40 mins in the oven by testing it with a skewer (it should be able to be inserted and removed cleanly), as the time may vary depending on the shape of your loaf tin.
STEP 6
Cool in the tin for 10 mins, then remove to a wire rack.
STEP 7
Mix 50g icing sugar with 2-3 tsp water to make a runny icing.
STEP 8
Drizzle the icing across the top of the cake and decorate with a handful of banana chips.