Pecan and white chocolate banana loaf
A few slices of this humble, fluffy banana bread with incorporated nuts and chocolate will go down a treat with a pot of tea
SERVES
8
PEOPLE
PREP TIME
15
MINUTES
COOKING TIME
60
MINUTES
Ingredients
125g Kerrygold butter, melted
175g plain flour
2 tsp baking powder
½ tsp bicarbonate of soda
½ sp of salt
150g caster sugar
2 eggs
4 small, ripe bananas, mashed
100g good-quality white chocolate, chopped into chunks
60g pecans, chopped
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 x 900g (2lb) loaf tin
Method
- Preheat the oven to 180°C. Brush the inside of the loaf tin with a bit of melted butter, then dust with flour.
Mix the flour, baking powder, bicarbonate of soda and salt in a bowl.
In a separate bowl, whisk the melted butter and sugar together.
Beat in the eggs, one at a time, then whisk in the mashed bananas.
Add the white chocolate, pecans and vanilla.
Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients in three stages, stirring after each addition.
Pour into the loaf tin and bake for 1-1¼ hours. Slide a spatula around the edge of the loaf and leave in the tin to cool.
