BANANA-RAMA BREAD
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spiced Banana Loaf
Ingredients
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250g/9oz self-raising flour
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70g/2½oz soft brown sugar (you can also use dark brown)
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1 tsp salt
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1 tsp baking powder
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2 tsp ground cinnamon
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1 tsp mixed spice
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40g/1½oz raisins
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40g/1½oz shelled unsalted pistachios (whole pieces)
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100g dark chocolate (at least 70% coco solids) chopped into small pieces. Or use good dark chocolate chips
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60ml/2fl oz vegetable oil (neutral oil)
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3 free-range eggs, beaten
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1 tsp vanilla extract
Method
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Preheat the oven to 180C/170C Fan/Gas 4 and line a 900g/2lb loaf tin with baking paper.
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In a large bowl (big enough to add more ingredients later), mix the flour, salt, baking powder, cinnamon, mixed spiced, raisins and pistachios together. Basically, mix the dry ingredients together
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In a separate bowl, mix the eggs and sugar first. Make sure to get rid of any sugar lumps (use the spoon/spatula). Then add the mashed bananas, oil, and vanilla extract. So add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients and mix until combined.
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Now my favourite bit. Stir in the small chocolate pieces/chips into the mixture.
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Then pour into the prepared tin and bake for 35–40 minutes, or until a skewer inserted into the centre of the cake comes out a little moist, but clean. Oh your home will smell sweet of banana bread.
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Rest until the loaf in the tin for about 30 minutes. Then take the loaf out the tin and rest on the cooling rack. Once the loaf has cooled a bit, put the kettle on or coffee machine and severed with a nice cup of tea/coffee or enjoy on its own!
