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Banana and Walnut Bread
Banana and Walnut Bread
Created by urbanfoodie, Thursday, 06 August 2009
A classic hearty cake that is perfect for a teatime treat. As it also lasts for ages you can enjoy the treat well into the working week.
Ingredients
At a glance
Categories
Makes
1 loaf
  • 75g very soft butter/margarine
  • 110g caster suger
  • 1 large egg
  • 225g plain flour
  • 4 ripe medium bananas
  • 1 orange
  • 1 lemon
  • 50g walnuts
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
Method/steps
  1. Preheat oven to 180 C, Grease loaf tin, roughly chop walnuts, beat egg and zest lemon and orange
  2. Put butter, sugar and egg into a large mixing bowl
  3. Sift in flour and baking powder
  4. Mix well (it will look a bit dry but don't worry the bananas will sort that out)
  5. Mash bananas with a fork and add to mixture with lemon and orange zests and walnuts
  6. Mix well and pour into tin
  7. Bake on middle shelf for 50-55 mins (it's ready when it looks golden and springs back when pressed)
  8. Cool in tin for 10 mins before turning out onto cooling rack (use a knife to loosen the edges) - store in kitchen roll in a cake tin for up to 4 days (maybe longer, it was finished by then in my house). Serve with a nice cup of tea
Additional tips
I didn't have a loaf tin but the £1 shop down the road had packets of aluminium take out trays that were just perfect for the job (12cm x 20cm at top).
Reviews
Review by LondonLara , Sunday, 04 October 2009
Hi,

There's something wrong with this recipe. I've just tried to bake this as a surprise for my partner who is a massive banana bread fan, and this recipe looked lovely, but it didn't rise, or cook inside. First, there is no baking powder mentioned in the ingredients, so I estimated 1/4 of a tsp. But is there something else wrong. The mixture tastes amazing, the smell is gorgeous, but something ain't right??!! Would love to give it another go sometime, so please edit. Cheers.
Review by urbanfoodie , Sunday, 11 October 2009
Hi LondonLara,

I'm so sorry, the baking powder was omitted, it should be 1 teaspoon. I'm sure that will fix the problem as I've made this recipe many times, I can promise it really does work.

If it isn't cooked right on the inside I worry that your oven may not be quite up to temperature, you may want to check it out with an oven thermometer, or just try it at a slightly higher setting.
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