Banana and candied fruits loaf

You need -

• All purpose flour – 2 cups


• Caster sugar – 2/3 cup


• Baking soda – 1/2 teaspoon


• Baking powder – 1 teaspoon


• Salt – 1/4 teaspoon


• Mashed ripe bananas – 1 cup ( I used 2 & 1/2 bananas)


• Candied fruits – 1 cup


• Roughly chopped almonds – 3 tablespoons


• Egg – 2


• Melted butter – 1/3 cup


• Milk – 3 tablespoons


• Vanilla extract – 1 teaspoon

How to -

Pre-heat the oven to 180 C. Grease a 9x5 loaf pan.

In a bowl sift together the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Add the almonds, candied fruits to flour mixture and mix well to coat. Set aside.

In a mixing bowl beat the sugar, egg and butter until well combined. Stir the banana, milk and vanilla essence. Now slowly add the flour-candied fruits mixture to the wet ingredients and stir with a wooden spoon till everything is just blend.

Spoon the batter into the greased loaf pan and bake for 50-60 minutes or till the toothpick comes out clean when inserted in the middle of the loaf.

Cool the loaf for 10 minutes in pan and then on a wire rack.

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