A fan of fruit loaves? Try this recipe that mixes up bananas, chocolate, sultanas, walnuts and an assortment of other ingredients. It’s bursting with flavour, texture and is super easy.
Food
Spicy Banana Fruit Loaf
January 1, 2020
Yield
Serves 12
Prep Time
10mins
Cook Time
180mins
Difficulty Level
3 / 5
Ingredients
- 40 g butter
- 2 eggs
- 1 cup mashed overripe banana
- 1 cup (220 g) dark brown sugar, firmly packed
- ½ cup (125 ml) buttermilk
- ¼ cup (90 g) treacle
- ½ cup (95 g) dark choc bits
- ½ cup (80 g) sultanas
- ¼ cup (45 g) seeded prunes, finely chopped
- 1 cup (110 g) walnuts, coarsely chopped
- 1½ cup (225 g) plain (all-purpose) flour
- 1 cup (150 g) self-raising flour
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp ground ginger
- ½ tsp each ground nutmeg, cinnamon and cloves
- 1 large piece overripe banana (230 g)
Steps
01.
Preheat oven to 160 C. Grease 14 cm x 23 cm (5½ inch x 9¼ inch) loaf pan; line base and sides with baking paper.
02.
Melt butter; cool. Lightly beat eggs in large bowl, stir in butter, mashed banana, sugar, buttermilk and treacle. Stir in choc bits, sultanas, prunes and half the nuts; stir in sifted flours, soda and spices.
03.
Spread mixture into pan; cover pan with greased pleated foil. Bake 1 hour.
04.
Meanwhile, slice banana thinly on an angle. Remove foil from loaf; top loaf with banana, sprinkle with remaining nuts. Bake loaf about 1½ hours. Stand loaf in pan 10 mins, before turning, top-side up, onto wire rack to cool.