Cafe Style Banana Bread
This is a big family favourite and a great way to use your bananas that are a little over-ripe.
Ingredients
- 130g organic butter (softened)
- 110g date paste
- 280g ripe bananas mashed (approx 3)
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 2 eggs
- 250g wholemeal plain flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon bi-carb soda
- ¼ teaspoon cinnamon
- 75g pure maple syrup or rice malt syrup
- 50g walnuts or pecans (optional)
Method
- Preheat oven to 160 degrees.
- Grease and line a 28cm x 15.5cm loaf tin with baking paper.
- Combine softened butter and date paste in large sized bowl and mix together.
- Add mashed bananas to the bowl.
- Scrape down the sides and add remaining ingredients (except the walnuts) and mix.
- When combined add the nuts (if using) and mix
- Pour the batter into the tin and bake for approximately 1 hour
- Check with skewer, if it comes out sticky, pop it back in and bake for another 5 minutes, then check again.
- Let bread cool slightly in tin then transfer onto wire rack for cooling.
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