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Easy Banana Bread Recipe

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Quick and easy

8 Reviews

Total Time
1h 10m
Prep Time
10m
Bake Time
1h
Serves 8
Serves 8
easy
Easy

About our Easy Banana Bread recipe

If you're looking for an easy banana bread recipe then look no further. Banana loaf is such a great way of using over ripe bananas, the fruit adds moisture and sweetness to your bake.  This recipe can be frozen once baked. Just slice beforehand so you can defrost a slice at a time.  If love the warming undertones of spice in your loaf, try replacing a tbsp of flour for ginger. It's a gamechanger!  Love a loaf? Try out lemon loaf cake recipe next. 

9 ingredients12 steps
  • Vegetarian

Method

  1. Step 1

    Preheat the oven to 170'c (150'c fan).

  2. Step 2

    Grease and line a 2lb loaf tin

  3. Step 3

    In a large bowl or a stand mixer, cream together the butter and golden caster sugar on a high speed until light and fluffy (around 3 minutes)

    Ingredients for this step

    • Unsalted butter (softened) (135g)
    • Billington's Unrefined Golden Caster Sugar (175g)
  4. Step 4

    Add the eggs one at a time, whisking together between each addition.

    Ingredients for this step

    • Eggs (large) (2)
  5. Step 5

    Add the bananas and vanilla extract to the bowl and combine.

    Easy Banana Bread
  6. Step 6

    In a separate bowl, add the self raising flour and ground cinnamon and gently stir together.

    Ingredients for this step

    • Allinson's self-raising flour (250g)
    • Ground cinnamon (1 tsp)
  7. Step 7

    Add the dry ingredients to the wet a little at a time and whisk very gently on a low speed until fully combined and no lumps remain.

  8. Step 8

    If the mixture is a little thick, add a tablespoon of milk to loosen.

    Ingredients for this step

    • Milk (1 tbsp)
  9. Step 9

    Pour the mixture into the prepared loaf tin and top with the third banana, sliced in half lengthways to decorate.

    Easy Banana Bread
  10. Step 10

    Bake in the preheated oven for around 1 hour or until an inserted skewer comes out clean.

  11. Step 11

    Once fully baked, remove from the oven and leave to cool in the tin for 5 minutes, then turn out to cool fully on a wire rack.

  12. Step 12

    Once cooled, slice and serve.

     

Ingredients

  • For the banana bread

    • 135gUnsalted butter (softened) 
    • 175gBillington's Unrefined Golden Caster Sugar 
    • 1 tspNielsen-Massey Vanilla Extract 
    • 2Eggs (large) 
    • 2Bananas (mashed) 
    • 1 tspGround cinnamon 
    • 250gAllinson's Self Raising Flour 
    • 1 tbspMilk 
  • For the Decoration

    • 1Banana (sliced length ways) 

Utensils

  • 2 lb loaf tin
  • Stand mixer
  • Large bowl
  • Skewer
  • Cooling rack

Nutritional information per 113g serving

  • Energy 379cal
  • Fat 16g
  • of which Saturates 9.3g
  • Carbohydrates 52g
  • of which Sugars 29g
  • Protein 5.5g
  • Salt 0.33g

8 Baker Ratings

I fond this recipe to be very good to make .It tasted very good, It kept well I will stick to this recipe all the time,..thank you
glenn campbell

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