Double Banana Loaf
From Sainsbury'sMoist, sweet slices of cake with a chunk of banana in every slice!
Serves: 8-10
Preparation time: 35 Minutes
Cooking time: 60 Minutes
Cooling Time: 15
Ingredients
100g lightly salted butter, softened
125g demerara sugar
2 medium eggs, lightly beaten
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
50ml milk
200g self-raising flour, sifted
1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
3/4 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
4 small ripe bananas, peeled
125g unsalted butter, softened
175g icing sugar, sifted
Edible glitter or sprinkles
Method
Preheat the oven to 190ºC, 170ºC, gas 5. Butter a 22cm long, 6cm deep non-stick loaf tin. Cream together the butter and sugar in a food processor, or electric hand whisk, than add the eggs, 1 teaspoon of the vanilla extract and milk. Don't worry if the mixture appears curdled. Add the flour, cinnamon and bicarbonate of soda and whiz again until creamy and smooth.
Mash three of the bananas then add to the cake mixture and fold together. Spoon half the mixture into the tin, then cut the remaining banana into thirds and lay at intervals on the mixture, gently pressing to half-submerge them. Smooth the remaining mixture on top. bake for about 1 hour or until a skewer inserted into the centre comes out clean.
Run a knife around the edge of the loaf and leave to cool for 10-15 minutes in the tin. Turn the loaf, the right way up onto to a cooling rack. Leave to cool completely.
Beat the butter and remaining vanilla extract in a bowl with an electric hand whisk in the icing sugar in batches. Spread over the loaf and scatter with the glitter if using.
