Black And White Banana Loaf Food

BRILLIANT BANANA LOAF

Steps:

• Heat oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4.
• Butter a 2lb loaf tin and line the base and sides with baking parchment.
• Cream 140g softened butter and 140g caster sugar until light and fluffy, then slowly add 2 beaten large eggs with a little of the 140g flour.
• Fold in the remaining flour, 1 tsp baking powder and 2 mashed bananas.
• Pour the mixture into the prepared tin and bake for about 50 mins, or until cooked through. Check the loaf at 5-min intervals by testing it with a skewer (it should be able to be inserted and removed cleanly), as the time may vary depending on the shape of your loaf tin.
• Cool in the tin for 10 mins, then remove to a wire rack.
• Mix 50g icing sugar with 2-3 tsp water to make a runny icing.
• Drizzle the icing across the top of the cake and decorate with a handful of banana chips.

BANANA LOAF

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease a 9x5 inch loaf pan.
• In a large bowl, cream together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Stir in the eggs one at a time, beating well with each addition, stir in the mashed bananas.
• In a large bowl, sift together flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt. Blend the banana mixture into the flour mixture; stirring just to combine. Fold in the nuts.
• Bake in preheated oven for 60 minutes, until a toothpick inserted into center of the loaf comes out clean.

BLACK-AND-WHITE BANANA LOAF

Steps:

• Heat oven to 325 degrees. Butter an 8x4x2 1/2 inch loaf pan; dust with flour; tap out excess.
• Whisk flour, baking powder, salt and nutmeg in a small bowl until blended.
• In another small bowl, mash bananas with lemon zest and juice; stir in rum.
• Microwave chocolate and 2 T butter, stirring every 10 seconds, until melted and blended.
• Beat remaining butter with mixer on medium speed 3 minutes or until creamy. Add sugars; beat 2-3 minutes until light and smooth.
• Add eggs, 1 at a time. Beat in vanilla (batter will look curdled).
• Reduce mixer speed to low and beat in 1/2 the flour mixture just until blended. Beat in milk until combined, then remaining flour mixture. Scrape down bowl; beat in banana mixture (batter will look lumpy).
• Stir a little less than 1/2 the batter into melted chocolate to blend. Drop alternating spoonfuls of both batters into prepared pan. Using a table knife, swirl batters together, taking care not to overdo it.
• Bake 1 hour and 20 to 30 minutes (check cake after 45 minutes and cover loosely with foil if it's getting too brown), until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out with moist crumbs attached.
• Cool in pan on a wire rack 15 minutes before inverting on rack, turning right side up and cooling completely.

HEALTHY & DELICIOUS BANANA LOAF

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Mix dry ingredients.
• Mash bananas with a potato masher (if you have a fancier or better tool, go for it).
• Mix with wet ingredients. (not raisins).
• Mix wet ingredients into dry ingredients.
• Fold in raisins. Try not to mix too much.
• Pour into a 8x5 or 8x4 or 8x3 pan. Whatever you have on hand.
• Cook about 45 minutes. I think it's closer to 1 hour, but my oven is really old and doesn't cook normally.
• *Once the top is set, I usually mix about 1 tbsp honey, 2 tbsp brown sugar and cinnamon and glaze the top. You can sprinkle some oats on there too!
• Hope it turns out good for you!

BLACK SESAME AND LIME CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350°F (180°C). Butter a 9- by 5-inch (23- by 13-cm) or 8 1/2- by 4 1/2-inch (22- by 12-cm) loaf pan and line it with parchment paper.
• In a small skillet over medium heat, dry roast the sesame seeds until fragrant, 2 to 4 minutes. Transfer to a mortar and crush them lightly with the pestle.
• In a large bowl, combine the butter, sugar, flour, baking powder, eggs, zest, and juice, and mix with a hand mixer until the batter is light and creamy, about 2 minutes. Take care not to overbeat the batter as this can result in your cake sinking during baking. Add the crushed sesame seeds.
• Pour the batter into the prepared pan and bake until a skewer inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean, 35 to 40 minutes. Leave the cake to cool in the pan for 10 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack and leave to cool completely.
• In a small bowl, mix the confectioners' sugar with the lime juice and zest to produce a runny paste. If necessary, stir in more lime juice to achieve the desired consistency.
• Spoon this mixture over the cake, then sprinkle some sesame seeds and lime rind strips on top to finish. This cake will keep in an airtight container for up to 5 days.

BANANA BERRY LOAF

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to fan 160C/ conventional 180C/gas Grease a 20 x 13cm loaf tin with non stick cooking spray.
• In a large bowl, whisk together the margarine and brown sugar with an electric beater or with a fork.
• Beat in the eggs.
• Stir in the mashed bananas, chocolate chips, craisins and yogurt.
• Fold in flour and baking soda until evenly mixed.
• Spoon the mix into the greased tin and level the top
• Bake for 1 hour, 10 minutes or until middle is only slightly moist - check this using a toothpick or skewer.
• Once you remove the loaf from the oven let cool on a cooling rack for at least 10 minutes before removing from tin.