Who doesn't like banana loaf cake?
I make it all the time. Banana loaf requires very little effort, it is delicious warm from the oven and there is no need for decoration. I often think the most simple, basic cakes are the best and even if you have never baked before, you will be able to manage this recipe.
Loaf cakes are great to have at home when you need a pick me up in the afternoon with a cup of tea. It is not a fancy multi layer cake, so you tend to have a small slice - which is hardly going to make you pile on the pounds. Plus, you are often using up an old banana that would have otherwise gone into the bin ;-) Guilt free all round!
As much as I love a good old simple banana loaf, I am a big fan of experimenting with flavour combinations. Chocolate and Banana go so well together, so adding chocolate chips is a wonderfully simple but delicious modification!
Recipe:
190g self raising flour
120g butter/stork margarine (softened)
160g light brown sugar - caster sugar is fine if you don't have LBS
2 medium free range eggs
2 overly ripe bananas - the more bruised the better!
100g chocolate chips.
Method:
Preheat the oven to 160C fan oven
Line your loaf tin with grease proof paper
Weigh out the butter and sugar into a bowl and cream together with a spoon
Beat the eggs into a small jug and SLOWLY add to the creamed butter and sugar, stirring as you go.
Mash the Bananas with a fork and fold into the mix.
Weigh the flour and sieve slowly into the mix. Stir gently.
Sprinkle the chocolate chips into the mix - mixing evenly. Save a handful to sprinkle on the top too.
Add the mix to the prepared loaf dish and bake in the middle shelf of the oven for approx 50 mins to an hour. Until nicely risen and golden brown.
Enjoy! If you have a slice when it is warm from the oven, the chocolate chips will be nice and goey inside.
* Decorating tips:
If you have any chocolate going spare in the house. Melt in a glass bowl over a small saucepan of boiling water and then drizzle over the top of the cake.
Alternatively, you can spread Nutella over the cake which is equally as delicious!
Recipe:
190g self raising flour
120g butter/stork margarine (softened)
160g light brown sugar - caster sugar is fine if you don't have LBS
2 medium free range eggs
2 overly ripe bananas - the more bruised the better!
100g chocolate chips.
Method:
Preheat the oven to 160C fan oven
Line your loaf tin with grease proof paper
Weigh out the butter and sugar into a bowl and cream together with a spoon
Beat the eggs into a small jug and SLOWLY add to the creamed butter and sugar, stirring as you go.
Mash the Bananas with a fork and fold into the mix.
Weigh the flour and sieve slowly into the mix. Stir gently.
Sprinkle the chocolate chips into the mix - mixing evenly. Save a handful to sprinkle on the top too.
Add the mix to the prepared loaf dish and bake in the middle shelf of the oven for approx 50 mins to an hour. Until nicely risen and golden brown.
Enjoy! If you have a slice when it is warm from the oven, the chocolate chips will be nice and goey inside.
* Decorating tips:
If you have any chocolate going spare in the house. Melt in a glass bowl over a small saucepan of boiling water and then drizzle over the top of the cake.
Alternatively, you can spread Nutella over the cake which is equally as delicious!
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