Felicity Cloake shares banana bread recipe steps

Recipe ingredients and preparation time

The guide lists prep time as 25 minutes and cook time as one hour to make one loaf. Required items include 350g of very ripe peeled bananas, 50g of shelled walnuts or other nuts, and 160g of soft light brown sugar. The recipe also calls for 180g of plain flour, two eggs, and baking powder mixed with salt to taste. Optional additions like chocolate chips can replace the nuts if desired by the baker.

banana ripening and oven settings

Ripening bananas and heating instructions

Melted butter cools slightly before mixing with sugar to remove clumps, though dairy-free fats like coconut oil work as neutral alternatives. A roughly 21cm by 9cm by 7cm loaf tin requires greasing with butter or fat before adding the batter mixture.

Mashing technique and folding steps

Chefs anchor a bowl to the counter using a silicone mat or damp cloth while mashing banana chunks until smooth. To create textural interest in the final loaf, reserved bananas are shattered into bigger pieces rather than blending the mixture into a completely uniform consistency. The flour mixture folds into the caramel coloured egg and sugar blend in stages to keep air inside the batter.