Beautiful Banana Bread....

The smell of fresh baking banana bread warms the soul. The aroma which fills the room gets the taste buds dancing long before it is ready to eat. (The only downside to waiting for the bread to bake is the constant pleading of ‘is it ready yet?’) A nice sized chunk of banana bread and a cup of tea is a lovely way to warm the blood on one of these chilly afternoons we have been experiencing. There is nothing to difficult about making your own delicious batch of banana bread. Start by melting some butter then whisking it into 2 cups of sugar, then one at a time blend in an egg or two. Once that is well combined mix in about 300ml of butter milk and set it to the side. In another bowl throw in 40g of baking powder, 15g of cinnamon and 375g of sifted plain flour, and now in a third bowl mash 8 really ripe bananas (the riper the better if they almost mash themselves there perfect). Now simply add the first wet mixture into the second flour mixture and combine with a hand blender, when all the flour is mixed in add the mashed bananas. Grease up a large bread tin (with a bit of canola spray will do the job nicely), line it with baking paper, pour in your mixture and throw it into a preheated oven for about 75 minutes at 180c. Check if it is ready by sticking a knife into the loaf and if it comes out clean your ready to go, throw it on a cooling rack and stand guard against any passerby that can’t seem to resist the urge to pick. Once it has cooled down enough quickly cut yourself a slice add a little butter if so desired and enjoy because it won’t last long (trust me)...

Everything you will need:

8 ripe bananas
125g butter
2 cups sugar
2 eggs
300ml butter milk
40g baking powder
15g cinnamon
375g plain flour