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Banana Bread Recipe

Banana bread is our fail safe recipe for using up old bananas and it's something we make every couple of weeks without fail.
Course Afternoon Tea, Snack
Cuisine British
Keyword baking, banana cake
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 55 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 5 minutes

Ingredients

  • 300 g plain flour
  • pinch salt
  • 1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
  • 75 g butter or margarine
  • 100 g sugar
  • 3 eggs
  • 3 bananas - the riper the better!
  • 15 ml lemon juice

Instructions

  • Grease a loaf tin and preheat the oven to 190C/375F/Gas 5
  • Sift the dry ingredients
  • Cream the margarine and sugar and then gradually add the eggs.
  • Mash the banana and lemon juice.
  • Mix everything together and pour into the loaf tin.
  • Bake for 55 minutes until a skewer comes out clean.

*Note: Nutritional information is estimated, based on publicly available data. Nutrient values may vary from those published.