Jeanette Orrey’s banana loaf

With subtle hints of cinnamon and a deliciously smooth crumb, this banana loaf is perfect with a pot of hot tea for an afternoon treat

Jeanette Orrey’s banana loaf

SERVES

8

PEOPLE

PREP TIME

10

MINUTES

COOKING TIME

40

MINUTES

CUISINE

COURSE

Baking

Method

  1. Preheat the oven to 180°C.

  2. Peel the bananas then crush with a fork. Beat together the butter or margarine and sugar, then add the eggs alternately with the flour and baking powder.

  3. Fold in the crushed banana, vanilla essence and cinnamon. Pour the mixture into a greased 450g tin, and top, if liked, with long thin slices of banana.

  4. Bake for about 40 minutes. Cool slightly then turn on to a wire tray. When cool, slice.
    This recipe is from Jeanette Orrey’s The Dinner Lady, published by Bantam Press

Ingredients

  • 2 ripe bananas

  • 175g butter or margarine

  • 175g caster sugar

  • 3 eggs

  • 225g self-raising flour

  • ½ tsp baking powder

  • ½ tsp vanilla essence

  • ½ tsp ground cinnamon

  • 1 banana for decoration (optional)

Method

  1. Preheat the oven to 180°C.

  2. Peel the bananas then crush with a fork. Beat together the butter or margarine and sugar, then add the eggs alternately with the flour and baking powder.

  3. Fold in the crushed banana, vanilla essence and cinnamon. Pour the mixture into a greased 450g tin, and top, if liked, with long thin slices of banana.

  4. Bake for about 40 minutes. Cool slightly then turn on to a wire tray. When cool, slice.
    This recipe is from Jeanette Orrey’s The Dinner Lady, published by Bantam Press

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