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Jane’s Banana, Date & Walnut Loaf – Super fuel
Jane’s Banana, Date & Walnut Loaf – Super fuel
Jane’s Banana, Date & Walnut Loaf, good fuel for Marathon training apparently. Delicious, moist and reasonably healthy – or alternatively also immensly enjoyable with your feet up and a cuppa 
Really perfect for using up those fruit bowl bananas! You now the ones I mean, those that lurk brownish in the bowl avoided by all!
The kids and adults seem to love it too. So why not make a loaf and stick it in the cake tin, wonderful!
Please have a go and let me know how you get on, please leave me a comment below, I love your comments
Many Thanks Clare
Ingredients
- 225g self raising flour
- 1/4 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 75g butter
- 1 egg
- 150g caster sugar
- 2 ripe bananas (about 450g)
- 50g walnut halves or pieces
- 50g of pitted dates
Preparation Method
- Heat oven to 190C / Gas5
- Grease and line a loaf tin (1 lb about 9″ x 5″) – use a loaf liner EPLS
- Sieve flour, bicarbonate and salt into large bowl
- Rub in the butter then stir in sugar and egg. It will be a bit dry and look like a crumble mix
- Mash bananas. Beat into cake mix and add nuts and dates
- Spoon into prepared tin
- Bake for 20 mins at 190C /Gas5 then turn down oven to 180C/Gas4 and bake for another 20 mins or until a skewer stuck into the middle comes out clean
- Removed from the oven and leave to cool in tin for at least 20 minutes
- If you want to decorate it just melt a spoon of apricot conserve, jam or glaze in the microwave.
- Brush on and decorate with banana chips or walnuts
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Comments
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Kirsty Hijacked By Twins says:
Oh wow this looks and sounds so good! I could do with a slice right now! x #RecipeoftheWeekClare x says:
Thanks Kirsty - let me know if you give it a whirl :-) #Recipe of the week CxDelicious Cakes to Bake this month! says:
[…] Banana, Date and Walnut Loaf […]Jane says:
Note to self and all AGA owners it's perfect for 30mins on grid shelf on floor then 20mins with cold shelf aboveMarta @ petiteraisin.ca says:
Ohhh dates and walnuts! I'm sold! #recipeoftheweekAlison says:
This look lovely, perfect with a cup of tea I am sureHonest Mum says:
This looks so succulent and juicy! Thanks for linking up to #tastytuesdays xHelen at Casa Costello says:
This looks so wonderful - healthy but without the feeling of missing out on a treat. We have featured your recipe in this week's BritMums foodie roundup to be published tomorrow. Hope that is ok xClare x says:
That's great thanks CxIlka says:
I looove Banana Bread when I'm in Marathon training, you are so right! :):) This banana bread recipe with walnuts and dates looks outrageously yummy! Pinning and stumbling for later!Alison says:
This looks and sounds lovely. I love dates and adding them is inspiredBill says:
This cake looked so good i had a go at making it. Loved the result so much that that i switched it up a wee bit by adding seedless raisins soaked in hot fresh orange juice then drained when fat and juicy, replaced the caster sugar with Demerara sugar, added a teaspoon of ground ginger along with a teaspoon of cinnamon and topped of the wet mix with 35ml of Buillet bourbon. The cake takes a wee bit longer to cook as the ingredients are a bit wetter than the original. The cake however delivers the ultimate foodgasm when you top a cold slice with real butter and home made blackcurrant jam !Clare x says:
Sounds amazing - thanks for the comments CxFatcow79 says:
This is the yummiest banana loaf I've eaten in a while :) I tweeted it a tad & used half brown & half castor sugar , & added a tsp of brandy essence to the mix. And yes always good with a slathering of butter...straight out of the oven...the best. Thanks for such a great recipe. I'll be using this again & again for sure 😄👍Maggie Smith says:
This recipe was very easy to follow ,I used date nectar instead of sugar and added ginger as another flavour .Moist consistency and tasted surprisingly good .