Banana Bread

OH.. I finally have the chance to make my banana bread.

After being busy for tests for the past few weeks, I finally got the chance to do something I enjoy!

The first time I tried the banana bread was at the Randwick Ritz Cinema on Easter Tuesday.

The banana bread was toasted with butter and it smelt really great.

Ever since then, I have fell in love with it.

However as it is being priced at AUD$3.50 for a slice, I had no other choice but to try making it myself.

As this is the first time I am making it, the appearance of my bread is way too charred.

Fortunately, it was alright inside and it tasted pretty good!

It looks pretty charred here :(

Ingredients for a single loaf:

- 2 cups of wholemeal self-raising flour

- 1/3 cup of white sugar

- 1/4 teaspoon of salt

- 175g of unsalted butter

- 2 eggs (beaten)

- 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract

- 3 ripe bananas (mashed)

- 2 tablespoon of honey

Methods:

1) Preheat the oven at 175 deg Celsius/ 350 F and grease the loaf tray.

2) Cream together white sugar, salt and butter at room temperature.

3) Add the beaten eggs, vanilla extract and honey into the mixture, mixing them well.

4) Sift in the wholemeal self-raising flour and combine well.

5) Mash the 3 ripe bananas, add them into the batter and mix well again.

6) Spoon the batter into the greased/lined loaf tray.

7) Bake the bread in the oven for 60 minutes at 350 F.

8) Pierce the banana bread with a skewer at the end of the cooking time to see if it comes out clean. If it does not, bake it for another 5 minutes or so.

9)When the banana bread has cooled down, carefully remove it from the loaf pan and place it onto a cooling rack.

*Note: I have baked my banana bread at 175 deg C for 55 minutes. As different oven work differently, do modify the baking time accordingly.

*Note to self: Try baking at 165 degC for 60 minutes the next time :)

The bread tastes the best when it comes out fresh from the oven.

Do not slice the bread when it is still hot, as it will crumble.

Do wait for it to cool down before spreading a layer of butter on it.

It will taste heavenly :)