Banana & Walnut Loaf

This homely and wholesome cake is also light and moist, with the natural sweetness of sticky bananas and the warm toastiness of nuts

• Cooking Time Prep 15 mins
  Cook 1 hr
• Skill Level Easy
• Servings Cuts into 8 slices

Nutrition per serving

• Kcalories

  399

• Protein

  6g

• Carbs

  53g

• Fat

  20g

• Saturates

  8g

• Fibre

  2g

• Sugar

  30g

• Salt

  0.54g

Ingredients

• 100g softened butter, plus a little extra for greasing
• 140g caster sugar
• 1 beaten egg
• 225g plain flour
• 2 tsp baking powder
• 4 very ripe bananas
• 85g chopped walnuts
• 50ml milk

Directions

1. Heat oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4. Grease a 2lb loaf tin with some butter and line the base with baking parchment, then grease this as well.
2. In a large bowl, mix together the butter, sugar and egg, then slowly mix in flour and baking powder. Peel, then mash the bananas. Now mix everything together, including the nuts.
3. Pour your mixture into the tin and bake for 1 hr, or until a skewer comes out clean. Allow the cake to cool on a wire rack before removing from the loaf tin. The loaf can now be wrapped tightly in cling film and kept for up to 2 days, or frozen for up to 1 month. Defrost and warm through before serving. Serve in thick slices topped with vanilla ice cream and drizzled with a little Easy chocolate sauce (see recipe, below).

Categories: Cakes & Baking