Verdict: Banana bread

Not quite perfect, but as I said before, you really can't go too far wrong with banana bread! The taste is really lovely - perhaps a little too much nutmeg, but a good level of sweetness. It could probably do with a little bit more butter to make it a bit softer and richer, and it was a little over done around the crust, but all in all, it was really not bad at all!

Banana bread

I've had a hankering for banana bread for the last couple of days, so I thought I'd bake some. There's nothing particularly special about the recipe, but you can't go too far wrong with banana bread in my opinion! I had intended to add some honey to it, but completely forgot, so that'll have to wait until next time.

Banana Bread
Ingredients

• 100g Butter
• 200g Caster sugar
• 3 Eggs
• 2tsp Vanilla extract
• 4 Small not-as-ripe-as-I-would-have-liked bananas (350g peeled weight)
• 240g Plain flour
• 1tsp Baking powder
• 1/2tsp Nutmeg

Method

1. Cream the butter and sugar together.
2. Beat in the eggs and vanilla.
3. Mash the bananas and beat in.
4. Sift the remaining ingredients in and incorporate.
5. Pour into a greased loaf tin and bake at 180C for ~1 hour.

Here it is ready for the oven. I have a sneaking suspicion that it might just overflow...

It came close, but didn't quite overflow!

Looking good!