The Hummingbird Bakery - Banana Bread / Loaf

I am a big lover of Banana Loaf/Bread, whether it is warmed or toasted smothered with butter or cut straight from loaf.

My favourite recipe which I have found the easiest and tastiest is from the Hummingbird Bakery Cookbook, which also has many other gorgeous easy to follow recipes for sweet treats!

You can find this recipe in the Hummingbird Bakery Cookbook (pge 67) although I will post the recipe below.

You will need:

A 23 x 13 cm loaf tin, greased and dusted with flour
270g soft brown sugar
2 eggs
200g peeled banana, mashed
280g plain flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon ground ginger
140g unsalted butter, melted

Firstly, Preheat the oven to 170c (325 f) gas 3

Put the sugar and eggs in a freestanding electric mixer with a paddle attachment (or use a handheld electric whisk) and beat until well incorporated. Beat in the mashed bananas.

Add the flour, baking powder, bicarbonate of soda, cinnamon and ginger to the sugar mixture. Mix thoroughly until all the dry ingredients have been incorporated into the egg mixture. Pour in the melted butter and beat until all the ingredients are well mixed.

Pour the mixture into the prepared loaf tin and smooth over with a palette knife. Bake in the preheated oven for about 1 hour, or until firm to touch and a skewer inserted in the centre comes out clean.