Name: Classic banana bread
Total time: 1 h 5 min
Yield: Serves 10
Ingredients: 125g butter softened (you can use any kind but if unsalted add a pinch of salt with the flour) plus extra for the tin; 125g soft light brown sugar; 2 tsp baking powder; 225g plain flour; 2 eggs beaten; 450g unpeeled weight (about 3-4) ripe bananas mashed

125g butter
softened (you can use any kind but if unsalted add a pinch of salt with the flour) plus extra for the tin
125g soft light brown sugar
2 tsp baking powder
225g plain flour
2 eggs
beaten
450g unpeeled weight (about 3-4) ripe bananas
mashed

Method

step 1
Butter a 900g loaf tin, then line with a wide strip of baking paper.
step 2
Heat the oven to 180C/fan 160C/gas 4. Beat the butter and sugar in a bowl with electric beaters for a 2-3 minutes or until fluffy. Tip in the baking powder and half the flour, half the eggs and half the bananas, and mix well (this will help prevent the mixture splitting). Add the rest of the flour, eggs and bananas, and mix to a batter.
step 3
Spoon into the loaf tin and level out. Bake for 40-45 minutes or until a skewer inserted into the middle comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes then turn out of the tin and cool completely on a wire rack before serving.