Banana Bread

Ingredients

  • 140g of butter, softened (plus extra for the tin)

  • 140g of caster sugar

  • 2 large eggs, beaten

  • 140g of self raising flour

  • 1 teaspoon of baking powder

  • 2 very ripe bananas, mashed

  • 50g of icing sugar

Method

  1. Heat the oven to 180℃

  2. Butter a 2lb tin (roughly 20cm by 10cm) and line the base and sides with baking parchment

  3. Cream the butter and caster sugar until light and fluffy, then slowly add the egg and half the flour

  4. Fold in the other half of the flour with the baking powder and the bananas

  5. Pour into the tin and bake for 30 mins or until a skewer comes out clean

  6. Cool in the tin for 10 mins, then remove to a wire rack

  7. Mix 50g of icing sugar with 2-3 tsp of water to make a runny icing

  8. Drizzle across the top of the cake and serve

NB/ this recipe was taken from www.bbcgoodfood.com