Banana loaf

Ingredients:

110g (4 oz) Golden Caster Sugar

75g butter (2.5 oz), softened

100g (3.5 oz) Wholemeal flour

125g (4.5 oz) plain flour

2 eggs

2 tsp baking powder

4 mashed ripe bananas

50g pecans (1.75 oz) halved

1 tbsp golden caster sugar to finish (optional)

Preparation:

Heat the oven to 180/fan 170C/gas 4

Beat the sugar, butter, wholemeal flour; plain flour; eggs; baking powder and banana together

Stir the crushed pecans into a lined, buttered 450g - loaf tin

Bake in the oven for 50 minutes

Sprinkle with golden caster sugar if required

As an alternative to banana; you could also use All Bran or apple and cinnamon, which are just as delicious

Ilana Estelle is a mental health and wellbeing advocate who combines educational insight with her personal experience of living with physical, mental, and emotional disabilities. She holds diplomas in Counselling, Diet and Nutrition, Nutritional Therapy, Psychotherapy and Counselling, and Stress Management. Through her writing, Ilana supports others in navigating their emotional, mental, and physical health challenges. In addition to writing for The CP Diary, her work has appeared in healthy lifestyle magazines. Ilana is also the author of three books: Cerebral Palsy: A Story – Finding the Calm After the Storm, Spirituality, Healing and Me, and Survival: The Covid Years – Time for Change.

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8 comments on “Banana loaf”

  1. Sounds delicious. I guess you could also toast it and have it with butter and jam for an extra special treat!

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  2. This sounds good.

    Currently eating banana bread with chocolate chips in it. It is different, but I think I prefer it without the chocolate chips.

    I think my niece made it. She has a thing for chocolate chips.

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    1. My mum used to make that and the All Bran loaf I mentioned. Your niece's bread loaf also sounds good.

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  3. Yummy, banana bread is always a good thing. I guess I should probably learn how to make it myself one of these days, since I like it so much.

    Thanks for sharing your recipe!

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