Banana and Raspberry Bread

Oh this is the best! And it's actually another way to use food that is on its way out. If you don't get through your bananas, don't throw them away - make this delicious banana bread! It is so good and can be eaten for breakfast or dessert!

Banana and Raspberry Bread

Banana and Raspberry Bread as sweet as you like it

Ingredients:

1/2 cup butter
1/2 cup sugar (the original recipe was for 1 cup, so bump it up of you like the sweet stuff)

2 ripe bananas, mashed with a fork

1 ripe banana sliced lengthways for the top

2 eggs

2 cups of all-purpose flour

1 teaspoon baking soda

1 tablespoon of water

1/2 - 1 cup of chopped nuts- pecans are best, but walnuts or whatevernuts are also good.

1 teaspoon of vanilla

3/4 cup of raspberries (we've been using frozen ones)

Pre-heat your oven to 180 celsius. Cream the butter and sugar - the butter will need to be at room temperature. If your butter is cold and you can't be bothered waiting, just melt it and smash the sugar through it no one will know. Add the mashed bananas and beat together - just with a fork will do.

Add the eggs, flour, baking soda and water and mix. Then mix through the nuts and vanilla, and finally the raspberries (so that they stay chunky). This is the bit for kicks - if you're feeling adventurous, add whatever you like at this point: chunks of chocolate, other fruit (pear s good), anything that you think ill suit.

Put the mix in a bread pan or cake pan then lay the sliced banana over the whole top of the loaf - even sprinkle some raspberries over it for laughs, if you think that kind of thing is funny.

Bake the bread for about an hour - actually, check the centre at about 55 minutes with a skewer or knife and if it comes out with dough on it put it back in. Make sure you don't confuse some gooey banana for dough, though, yo! This is one of those fantastic recipes when basically when you smell it, it's ready.

Cut a slice and grill/toast it for breakfast with butter and whatever else you like (jam, peanut butter, honey, Nutella (!) - just butter is usually enough though), or toast it and serve it with ice cream or yoghurt for dessert.

Yum!

xKurt

PS Did you try this recipe? Please leave comments and tips when you do!