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Banana Loaf

February 13, 2017 By Amy 15 Comments

Banana Loaf

Whenever the kids ask me, “what’s your favourite fruit, Mummy?” the answer will always be, bananas! I’ve always been a fan of bananas, in fact anything banana – banana sweeties, banana puddings, banana hair products; in fact I currently have a banana shower gel stood in my shower. So it’s really no surprise that one of my favourite bakes from Granny is her Banana Loaf.

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It’s another one of those recipes that Granny can rattle off the top of her head without a second thought – probably because she makes it so much! It’s always a popular choice for the Mums that Granny serves at the cafe she works in, with the reasoning that it’s a healthier choice of snack for the kids asking for sweets. I suppose I can see the logic (fruit = healthy, right?) but given the amount of sugar that also goes in Banana Loaf alongside the bananas, it’s perhaps not the healthiest snack there is.

Lets forget healthy for a moment though and just appreciate how delicious and moist this Banana Loaf is. Compared to lots of other banana bread recipes I’ve tried, this one is pretty straight forward too – why make something more complicated that it needs to be, especially when simple means so good in this instance!

Granny’s Top Tips

♥ The riper your bananas, they better the flavour! I don’t make Banana Loaf nearly as often as I’d like because banana’s don’t last long in our house but the brown spotted, or even completely black bananas will always give you the best banana loaf.
♥ Banana loaf can also be frozen. Make in batches, keep within it’s grease-proof lining, wrap in tin foil and freeze for up to a few months.

Print Recipe
5 from 2 votes

Banana Loaf

Prep Time10 mins
Cook Time40 mins
Author: Baking with Granny

Ingredients

  • 2 Bananas
  • 140 g Caster Sugar
  • 55 g Butter/Margarine
  • 1 Egg
  • 1 tsp Vanilla Extract
  • 170 g Self-raising Flour
  • 1/2 tsp Baking Powder

Instructions

  • Pre-heat your oven to 190°c (170°c for a fan-assisted oven) and grease & line a loaf tin with grease-proof paper.
  • In a large bowl, mash the bananas with a fork. Add the sugar, butter/margarine, egg & vanilla extract and mix until combined.
  • Gradually add the flour and baking powder, mixing until all combined.
  • Pour into your pre-lined loaf tin and smooth into the corners.
  • Bake in your pre-heated oven for 40 minutes until golden on top. Leave to cool in the loaf tin and serve in slices.

Banana Loaf

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Comments

  1. Gina says

    April 8, 2017 at 4:46 pm

    Made Banana loaf it was so light and moist also empire biscuits were easy to make thay were also very good

    Reply
    • BHUPINDER JANDU says

      February 4, 2019 at 10:49 pm

      Do you know what size the tin was?, can you reply to bjandu69@hotmail.com

      Reply
  2. FMS says

    April 16, 2017 at 4:23 pm

    Hi, what course did you study at the Food Tech?.

    Reply
    • Amy says

      April 19, 2017 at 11:47 am

      Granny studied Breadmaking and Flour Confectionary in 1978 at Glasgow College of Food Technology.

      Reply
      • Anderson Aguillon says

        July 1, 2018 at 9:31 pm

        Special I. Want !

        Reply
  3. Julie McPherson says

    September 14, 2017 at 10:55 am

    Simply delicious, the perfect after school treat. Commenting as BritMums Baking Round-Up Editor. :)

    Reply
  4. Susan Bain says

    January 16, 2018 at 10:48 am

    This is a really good banana bread! Lovely and moist, will be using this recipe from now on! Thank you. Gave it an extra 5mins in oven.

    Reply
  5. Kathy says

    February 28, 2018 at 2:37 pm

    Made this Banana loaf. It was yummy. Family loved it ❤️

    Reply
  6. Carolyn Kealey says

    May 9, 2018 at 11:52 am

    Please could you include suggested cake tin sizes in all recipes.

    Many Thanks

    Reply
  7. Sandra Fisher says

    November 20, 2018 at 2:09 pm

    What size loaf tin did you use

    Reply
  8. Sandra Fisher says

    November 20, 2018 at 2:10 pm

    What size loaf tin did you use? Thank you

    Reply
  9. Sylvia says

    November 20, 2018 at 4:46 pm

    Made this banana loaf. It was so simple to make & absolutely delicious even my husband who doesn’t like banana loved it

    Reply
  10. BHUPINDER JANDU says

    February 4, 2019 at 10:51 pm

    My nephew loved eating banana cake and also my family, so I used to bake this so much as well
    other cakes.

    Reply
  11. Sarah Dickson says

    August 12, 2019 at 4:01 pm

    5 stars
    Just made this today, absolutely gorgeous, all hail your granny

    Reply
  12. Karen says

    August 15, 2019 at 1:28 pm

    5 stars
    Love this! Don’t know if I’ll ever be able to rattle it off like Granny but I’ve made it enough times to get the gist of it without my usual half a shift reading a recipe!

    Reply

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