Writing Wizards: Recipe: Hummingbird Bakery Banana Loaf

Portsmouth Point editors have enjoyed working with Year 5's 'Writing Wizards' this term, who have written a series of articles that we are delighted to publish. This article is by Owen Clay.


If you want a tasty treat then try...

...Hummingbird Bakery Banana Loaf

INGREDIENTS:                             

• 270g soft light brown sugar             
• 2 medium eggs
• 200g peeled bananas, mashed
• 280g plain flour
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
• 1 tsp ground cinnamon
• 1 tsp ground ginger
• 140g unsalted butter, melted

METHOD:

1. Grease a loaf tin and dust with flour. Preheat the oven to 170C / 325F / Gas Mark 3
2. Weigh all ingredients into a TM mixing bowl, 20 seconds, speed 6.
3. Pour the mixture into the prepared loaf tin and smooth over with a palette knife.
4. Bake in the preheated oven for about 1 hour or until firm to the touch and a skewer inserted in the centre comes out clean. Leave the cake to cool slightly in the tin before turning out to a wire cooling rack to cool completely.

            

TOP TIP:

When your Banana Bread is ready you can just sit down and relax. If I were you, then I would smother your luscious snack in clover butter. Yum… It makes the Banana Bread much, much tastier.

Enjoy your Banana Bread!