Banana Walnut Loaf Recipe – If you get to the end of the week and you have a bunch of sad looking bananas, don’t throw them away!

This easy recipe was my Grans and it’s totally delicious on its own, with a little butter or a swirl of Manuka honey.

I find that if I leave it wrapped in foil and then placed in an airtight container for a couple of days it enriches the cake and makes it moist and squidgy (technical term!) But that’s only if you can resist slicing into it!

Banana Walnut Loaf

• 8oz  of self raising flour sifted
• Pinch of salt
• Pinch of mixed spice
• 4oz of unsalted room temperature butter
• 6oz caster sugar
• 4oz mixed peel
• 2oz chopped walnuts
• 450gms really ripe bananas – mashed
• 2 eggs beaten lightly

Method

• Preheat the oven to 180C/Gas Mark 4
• Grease and flour a two pound loaf tin.
• Sieve the flour, salt and spice together into a mixing bowl

• Rub the butter into the flour until you see a breadcrumb texture.

• Add the remaining ingredients and beat well with a wooden spoon.
• Spoon the mixture into the prepared tin and bake for 60mins (depending on your oven)  then reduce the heat to 170C/GM3 and bake for a further 30-45mins. If you find that the top of the cake is browning too quickly then put a sheet of parchment paper loosely over the top of the cake tin.

• Turn the cake out onto a wire rack and let it go cold completely so it’s easier to cut.

• Either wrap in foil and store or slice and enjoy, you can even have this with a little bit of butter!

So don’t throw away your sad looking bananas, do what I do and make this delicious Banana Walnut Loaf!