Cooking corner (June)

   Banana Bread      (YUM!)

Ingredients                                                                    Method

80g Butter                                                Pre-heat the oven to gas Mark 4

80g Castor Sugar                                     180°C or 160°C for Fan assisted

30g Honey                                                Lightly Butter a loaf tin

1 Large Egg, Beaten

225g Self Raising Flour

4 Ripe Bananas

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 Cream the butter and castor sugar until light and fluffy  Next add the honey and beat for another minute
  Beat in the egg a little at a time
Sift the flour into this and fold with a metal spoon
  In a separate bowl mash the bananas with a fork
 Fold the mashed bananas into the cake mixture with a metal spoon and mix well
Spoon the mix into the buttered loaf tin and level the top
 Place in the pre-heated oven and bake for 40-50 minutes

To test if the bread is done stick a cocktail stick into the middle and if it comes out clean its ready. Remove from the loaf tin and leave to cool on a wire rack.

Delicious sliced and smothered in nutella.

Rachael Higgins