Banana Bread Recipe!

Ingredients for Banana Bread

• 285g of self-raising flour
• 1 teaspoon of baking soda
• Half a teaspoon of salt
• 110g butter
• 225g caster sugar
• 2 free-range eggs
• 4 squashed bananas
• 85ml of buttermilk or ordinary milk with 1 and a half teaspoon of lemon juice
• 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract

Preparation method

1. Preheat the oven to 180C
2. Sift the flour, add baking soda and salt into a large mixing bowl.
3. In a separate bowl, cream the butter and sugar together until light and fluffy.
   
   Technique: Creaming butter by hand
   Watch technique0:50 mins
4. Add the eggs, mashed bananas, buttermilk and vanilla extract to the butter and sugar mixture and mix well. Fold in the flour mixture.
   
   Technique: Folding
   Watch technique0:35 mins
5. Grease a 20cm x 12.5cm/8in x 5in loaf tin and pour the cake mixture into the tin.
6. Transfer to the oven and bake for about an hour, or until well-risen and golden-brown.
7. Remove from the oven and cool in the tin for a few minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack to cool completely before serving.

I got this Recipe from the BBC website. Thanks so much!