Banana Fruit Teabread

Makes 1 x 2lb. (1kg) loaf

Description/Notes:

This wonderfully moist teabread is delicious when spread with butter and honey

Ingredients:

2 ripe bananas, peeled and mashed

3 oz. (85g0 walnut pieces, roughly chopped

2 oz. (60g) butter or margarine

one and a half teaspoons baking powder

grated rind of 1 orange

half a teaspoon bicarbonate of soda

quarter pint (140 ml) orange juice

1 egg, size 3, beaten

4 oz. (110g) demerara sugar

half a teaspoon margarine

8 0z. (225g) white or wholemeal plain flour

Cooking Instructions:

Grease and line the base of a 2 lb. (0.9kg) loaf-tin
Pre-heat the oven to 350F, Gas Mark 4, 180C
Sift the flour, baking powder and bicarbonate of soda into a mixing bowl
Rub in the butter and stir in the sugar and orange rind
Add the remaining ingredients and mix well
Spoon the mixture into the loaf tin and level the surface
Bake in the pre-heated oven for one to one and a quarter hours or until well risen and firm to the touch
Turn out onto a wire rack and allow to cool
Wrap and store for at least a day before cutting