Banana & walnut loaf

Banana & walnut loaf

This homely and wholesome cake is also light and moist, with the natural sweetness of sticky bananas and the warm toastiness of nuts

Difficulty and servings

Easy

Cuts into 8 slices

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 15 mins

Cook time

Cook 1 hr

Freezable

Method

  1. Heat oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4. Grease a 2lb loaf tin with some butter and line the base with baking parchment, then grease this as well.
  2. In a large bowl, mix together the butter, sugar and egg, then slowly mix in flour and baking powder. Peel, then mash the bananas. Now mix everything together, including the nuts.
  3. Pour your mixture into the tin and bake for 1 hr, or until a skewer comes out clean. Allow the cake to cool on a wire rack before removing from the loaf tin. The loaf can now be wrapped tightly in cling film and kept for up to 2 days, or frozen for up to 1 month. Defrost and warm through before serving. Serve in thick slices topped with vanilla ice cream and drizzled with a little Easy chocolate sauce (see recipe, below).
Try

Easy chocolate sauce

Chop 300g plain chocolate and melt in a bowl set over a pan of simmering water with 1 tbsp butter. Warm 300ml double cream and 75ml milk in a heavy-based pan, pour onto the chocolate and stir to combine. Serve warm in a jug for pouring over.

Per serving

399 kcalories, protein 6g, carbohydrate 53g, fat 20 g, saturated fat 8g, fibre 2g, sugar 30g, salt 0.54 g

Recipe from Good Food magazine, May 2010.

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  • 27 April 2010

    Abigail commented on this recipe

    I made this at the weekend - lovely, really tasty with a cup of tea - one note however... Milk is listed in the ingredients list but is not mentioned in the method, however, once the dry ingredients are mixed with the butter, sugar & egg it is apparent then that the mixture is too dry - you need a better proof reader Good Food!!!

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  • 03 May 2010

    spannerpants rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    I used hazelnuts instead of walnuts and sprinkled some over the top before baking - delicious.

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  • 04 May 2010

    Mimi rated and commented on this recipe

    2 stars

    Ok. Collapsed after coming out of the oven but still tasted good. Really doeasn't keep though. Better recipes out there I think.

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  • 04 May 2010

    Elaine rated and commented on this recipe

    2 stars

    Disappointing. Quite dry and very crumbly. Not the best banana loaf I've made

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  • 05 May 2010

    prinny commented on this recipe

    I tried this one and it went down a storm. However, as Im not a massive fan of banana flavoured food, I followed the same recipe but with walnut & CHERRIES instead. Of course, I didn't consider the fact that the mashed bananas brought an obvious gooey effect to the mix wheras the cherries didnt. Therefore this turned out a very dry loaf. (more like a scone) On a positive note, it was still eaten up either with a bit of butter on or in a dish of custard!!

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  • 07 May 2010

    katey rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    made this for the first time last night for a cake day at work today. found the recipe easy to follow, ingredients are straight forward and was plased with the end result. mixture was very dry before adding the bananas and mile etc but fine after that. left in the oven for a bit longer than an hour as mixture was quite wet but i imagine this differs depending on the size of the bananas you use. will definately be making again

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  • 09 May 2010

    westy rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Love this recipe. It does look like its not going to work when the mixture is just starting to combine but the moist banana gives you the right consistancy in the end. Can't remember if I even used the milk actually?! I still ended up with a nice batter. I have made this several times and have used 3 medium banana's and this seems like the right amount for me.

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  • 11 May 2010

    grancameron commented on this recipe

    I seemed to have too much batter for my loaf tin although it is for 2lb. The result was dissapointing, dry on top and gooey underside and bananas did not seem to blend.

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  • 24 May 2010

    rachelpotts rated this recipe

    3 stars

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  • 30 May 2010

    Beth rated and commented on this recipe

    2 stars

    Mine collapsed also - flavour good - texture bad!

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  • 31 May 2010

    jessicawi rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    very nice and extremely simple to follow. will definitely be making again but may use the recipe as a base and branch out with different ingredients.

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  • 01 June 2010

    thynk2much rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Made this over the weekend, it came out gorgeous and just as I'd hoped, which is to say not too sweet and very, very banana-flavoured! I liked the density which is exactly what I recall from the banana loaves of my childhood. The bananas I used were of a very good size and extremely ripe which may be why it was not dry as some commenters noted. For the person who asked about the milk, it goes in where it says "Now mix everything together, including the nuts."

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  • 30 June 2010

    Renaissance rated and commented on this recipe

    1 stars

    Smelt lovely when it was in the oven and took exactly an hour. It didn't collapse but had a really odd texture and looked horrible when it was sliced! Will not be trying this again. Not worth the time or effort.

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  • 12 July 2010

    sandra rated and commented on this recipe

    3 stars

    I made this at the weekend it was lovely but I had totally forgotten to add the milk, and there was nothing wrong with it. Everyone liked it. I will not forget the milk next time though.

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  • 03 August 2010

    Mrs T rated this recipe

    5 stars

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  • 11 August 2010

    Natalie rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Very light and moist. Used 3 bananas and chocolate chips instead of the walnuts. Kids enjoyed it.

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  • 16 August 2010

    Emma rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    I made this on Friday and I love it. It took a lot longer than an hour in the oven - more like an hour and a half. This might be because I used four quite large bananas, and my oven may also be a bit slow. It is really moist, quite dense and filling and the nuts add a really nice texture.

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  • 11 November 2010

    Julie Bahrain rated and commented on this recipe

    3 stars

    An ok banana loaf but I have a better recipe. I have never thought to eat banana bread with ice cream and chocolate sauce.

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  • 27 November 2010

    LauraEmmeline rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    I changed this to suit what I had in the cupboards, did half wholemeal flour, half plain with a little extra baking powder. Did only 100g of sugar with a spoonful of honey instead, and used oat milk instead of cows milk as my son can't have dairy. I also made them cupcakes instead of a loaf, just reduced the cooking time. Lovely and moist, even after freezing.

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  • 28 January 2011

    Hays rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    I've been making this since the recipe came out and am pleased to say it works every time, a firm family favourite!

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Difficulty and servings

Easy

Cuts into 8 slices

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 15 mins

Cook time

Cook 1 hr

Freezable

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Per serving

399 kcalories, protein 6g, carbohydrate 53g, fat 20 g, saturated fat 8g, fibre 2g, sugar 30g, salt 0.54 g

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