The Hairy Bikers 'Banging Banana, Walnut and Sultana Bread'
225g SR flour
1/2 tsp salt
125g butter
150g caster sugar
2 free range eggs, lightly beaten
170g shelled walnuts, broken into pieces
170g sultanas
450g bananas - the ripest you can find
preheat the oven to 180C. Grease a 900g loaf tin and sprinkle the inside with flour.
Tip the flour into a large mixing bowl, add the salt and mix together. Cut the butter into cubes and run it into the flour with your fingers until the mixture has a crumb like texture. Add the caster sugar and the eggs and mix thoroughly, then stir in the walnuts and sultanas. Mash the bananas in a seperate bowl and when they are really sludgified, fold them into the mixture (I used a mini food blender to do this bit).
Spoon the mixture into the prepared loaf tin and bake for about an hour, although it took closer to an hour and a half for me ... and I had to pop a bit of foil over the top for the last half hour or so to stop the top from burning to a crisp. Leave to cool in the tin for 5 mins, thent urn it out onto a wire rack. Serve warm with ice cream or leave it to cool and enjoy with a nice cuppa. Hubby prefers his with spread for morning tea.
Makes 1 loaf
Taken from The Hairy Bikers 12 Days of Christmas
On a personal note I'd like to apologise for the lack of posts and visits being made by me to your lovely blogs and baked deliciousness lately. I've been in a bit of a baking 'funk' for the last few months, for a combination of reasons. Please bear with me through this phase and hopefully normal service will resume shortly.
Gorgeously chock full of nuts, looks utter fab!
ReplyDeleteThat looks great Chele, love how chock full of nuts it is.
ReplyDeleteWow...what a comeback Chele, that looks absolutely scrumscious. So moist and wholesome. A real meal in a one bite. I adore the Hairy Bikers.
ReplyDeleteGreat to have you back ;D Have a wonderful weekend xo
I usually use pecans rather then walnuts, they have a creamier flavour! What a deliciously tasty looking loaf, Jude x
ReplyDeleteWow that looks one nutty very bananary banana bread! Love how the nuts are nice and chunky. What was the texture like?
ReplyDeleteHope you are ok and get out of your 'funk' soon.
Wow, just look at all the nuts in that banana bread! Looks fabulous Chele!! xxoo
ReplyDeletelove that pic - I thought you must have used macadamias but I prefer hazelnuts
ReplyDeletegood luck with normal services resuming soon with the baking mojo - will look forward to it when you are ready!
Looks great - fully of lovely nutty texture!
ReplyDeleteHope you start to feel better soon, it's rubbish when you aren't getting pleasure from things that should make you happy.
loving the chunky-ness of the loaf, right up my street!... no worries about the funk, it seems we've all been there, this year more than most... it will pass, I promise xx
ReplyDeleteThis looks really good, I'll have to try it myself!
ReplyDeleteWow this takes banana bread to the extreme, I love it! This cold weather must make everyone think of warm and hearty banana bread cause I've seen so many variations of it around the blogging world these past few weeks - it's great!
ReplyDeleteLove the title, it looks delicious Chele, although I was bemused at first by the strange hazelnut quality the walnuts seemed to possess ;-)
ReplyDeleteGreat looking cake. I like walnuts but I'm slightly addicted to hazelnuts so your version will do very well for me.
ReplyDeleteThat is one fine looking banana cake. I do hope you get your mojo back soon Chele xx
ReplyDeleteThis looks amazing!! I love baking with bananas and will definitely add this to my collection.
ReplyDeleteGreat photos! That cake is just packed full of goodness,
ReplyDeleteGreat looking banana bread!
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