Top Banana

Ladies and Gentleman, I present you with a delicious recipe to the ol' classic Banana Bread.

This is an easy little loaf cake you can whip up in five minutes, pop in the oven and tuck into with a steaming pot of aromatic ceylon tea (or any other tea for that matter!)

All you need is:

4 ripe bananas
1/3 cup melted butter
1 cup sugar (use Demerara sugar for a slightly healthier alternative)
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 teaspoon baking soda
pinch of salt
1 1/2 cups flour
...and your best Chef's apron

(N.B. No need for a mixer for this recipe)

Begin by preheating your oven to 175ºC. 

Grab a large mixing bowl, with a wooden spoon, start by combining your butter with the mashed bananas. Mix in the sugar, egg and vanilla, then sprinkle the baking soda and salt over the mixture and stir in. Add the flour last. 

If you are a fan of nuts, fold in some chopped walnuts at this point. 

Finally pour the mixture into a buttered loaf pan. Bake for one hour.

And hey presto, you're just in time for afternoon tea!

Banana Bread