Banana, walnut & chocolate chip loaf

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• Karen's

  28 January 2012

  Karen's commented on this recipe

  lovely flavours but I found gas mark 5 way too high - the loaf is all burnt around the top!! Fortunately the children are too fusy!

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• bev7088

  28 January 2012

  bev7088 rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Really easy to make. Lovely and moist with a very subtle banana flavour. Nice crunch from the walnuts. Definetly one to make again!

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• Hannah Zac

  28 January 2012

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• janet

  29 January 2012

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  As I had some very very ripe bananas thought I'd give this a go. What an easy recipe and a wonderful result. it was beautifully moist.

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• Miss Webby

  29 January 2012

  Miss Webby rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Really moist loaf. I love banana bread and the walnuts add a great texture. I did cook on a lower temperature to avoid burning the top. I didn't have an electric whisk and struggled incorporating the butter, so think I would cream it with the sugar if I were to repeat. Also this recipe make a lot of cake mix, I filled 2 tins, think it may be because I had big bananas ;-) Overall a big thumbs up!

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• teejie

  29 January 2012

  teejie rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Wonderful recipe. Very moist, a little crunchy on the top (crunchy not dry), the walnuts give a lovely bite and flavour and who can go wrong with chocolate chips? Very easy to make. Did look a bit alarming when beating the softened butter into the very wet banana, sugar and egg mixture. Keep going though, the curdled mess will reward you with a delicious cake. Will be repeating this recipe every time we forget to co-ordinate our banana buying and end up with a glut.

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• Firebird

  01 February 2012

  Firebird rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Wonderful flavours, found that loaf took longer to cook than time stated, that maybe because there was a lot of mixture for a 2 pound loaf tin. However, an overall success and would definitely bake again.

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• Belkey

  03 February 2012

  Belkey rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Wow-oh-wow! This was amazing, and very delicious warm.

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• Anshita

  08 February 2012

  Anshita rated and commented on this recipe

  

  I tried this recipe over the weekend and found that its a disaster !!!!! The proportions are wrong. 250g of flour and 250g of sugar is too much for two eggs. The batter was too much for a loaf pan, so I filled another tin. The cake didn't rise and got burnt on the top as the temperature mentioned was too high. the cake was like a log and was not edible at all. I kept it for two days thinking what to do with it. It went bad and started smelling and I final threw both the cakes(I made a loaf and a round one, thanks to too much of batter) into the bin. I am a regular baker and have never had any disaster in any cakes and muffins I have made. This was so disappointing and I hate to say that I dint expect this from BBC Good food.

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• Karoliina79

  12 February 2012

  Karoliina79 rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Lovely recipe - the cake came out moist and delicious. Perfect way to use up some over ripe bananas! I omitted the walnuts so that my daughter can have a slice in her lunch box (the school has banned nuts due to allergies), and I thought the cake was fine without them.

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• SionedGoch

  13 February 2012

  SionedGoch commented on this recipe

  I'm not sure about this method. Just tried to make it and adding the butter after the eggs seems daft to me. I don't have electric hand held mixers but I did use my Kitchenaid. Mixed the bananas with the sugar, added 2 eggs, then tried to get the butter incorporated but it just wouldn't happen. Oh well, it comes out of the oven soon... Next time I make it I'll cream the butter with the sugar first.

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• Gbobs1811

  15 February 2012

  Gbobs1811 rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Absolutely fab we loved it great mixture of flavours. Kept really most lovely with a cuppa then in the evening great as a desert with custard!

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• Can't go wrong cake

  19 February 2012

  Can't go wrong cake commented on this recipe

  This banana bread is delicious, I would suggest either spreading the mixture into 2 tins or else cooking for nearly double as long (approx. 1hr45mins) on a lower heat-perhaps 150 celsius. Other than that, great!

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• colandrina

  21 February 2012

  colandrina commented on this recipe

  Have made twice now, both times followed recipe to the letter, both times great results - moist and tasty cake that keeps for three days in an airtight container.

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Ingredients

• 4 ripe bananas , peeled
• 250g caster sugar
• 2 eggs
• 140g softened butter
• 250g plain flour
• 2 tsp baking powder
• 100g walnut pieces
• 100g chocolate chips

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Serves 8

Preparation and cooking times

Prep 15 mins

Cook 1 hr 5 mins

Ingredients

• 4 ripe bananas , peeled
• 250g caster sugar
• 2 eggs
• 140g softened butter
• 250g plain flour
• 2 tsp baking powder
• 100g walnut pieces
• 100g chocolate chips

PER SERVING

578 kcalories, protein 8g, carbohydrate 72g, fat 28 g, saturated fat 13g, fibre 2g, sugar 50g, salt 0.6 g

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