Simple Date and Banana Loaf
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- Serves: 8-10 slices
This quick and easy banana date loaf is delicious, moist, and packed with flavour. Perfect for using up any bananas that are ‘on the turn’ in the fruit bowl.
- Vegetarian
Ingredients
- 175g unsalted butter, softened, plus extra for greasing
- 100g light brown muscovado sugar
- 200g self-raising flour
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1 tsp ground ginger
- 2 eggs, beaten
- 3 tbsp date nectar, plus extra to drizzle
- 2 very ripe large bananas
- 6 pitted dates (about 100g), chopped
- 1 tbsp demerara sugar
Equipment
- 900g Loaf Tin
Method
I’m not the biggest fan of classic banana breads, but the addition of dates really gives it a little extra something. It’s also a very easy thing to make, so if you want to try making this Simple Date and Banana Loaf recipe, just follow the below stages.
Stage 1
Preheat the oven to 160˚C/140˚C (fan) or gas mark 3. Grease and line a 900g loaf tin.
Stage 2
Using electric beaters, beat together the butter, muscovado sugar, flour, spices, eggs and date nectar until smooth and creamy. Mash the bananas and beat into the mixture along with the chopped dates.
Stage 3
Transfer the mixture into the prepared tin and smooth the top. Sprinkle over the demerara sugar and then bake in the oven for 1 hour 15 minutes, until firm to the touch and a skewer inserted into the centre comes out clean.
Remove from oven and let cool for 10 minutes in tin. Remove from tin and drizzle over a little more nectar. Leave to cool completely, then slice and enjoy!
I found the original recipe for this on the Waitrose website years ago, but I couldn’t manage to find it again, so hopefully my version is equally good.
If you enjoyed following this Simple Date and Banana Loaf recipe, check out a few of my other recipes.