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Nutrition: per slice

  • kcal299
  • fat21g
  • saturates6g
  • carbs24g
  • sugars16g
  • fibre2g
  • protein4g
  • salt0.1g
    low
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Method

  • step 1

    Heat oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4. Grease a 900g loaf tin, then line the base and ends with a long strip of baking parchment. Stir together 2 tbsp each of the sugar, flour, nuts and coconut. Add the butter and rub together to sticky crumbs. Set aside.

  • step 2

    Mash the bananas well, then stir in the sunflower oil, egg and milk. In a separate large bowl, mix half of the remaining sugar, followed by the remaining flour, nuts and coconut, then the baking powder and cinnamon.

  • step 3

    Whisk the egg white to stiff peaks, add the final bit of sugar and whisk again until stiff and shiny. Stir the banana mixture into the dry ingredients, then lightly fold in the egg white mixture. Gently scrape into the tin and scatter over the crumb mixture.

  • step 4

    Bake for 40 mins until a skewer poked in comes out clean, covering with foil if the bread starts to go too brown. Cool in the tin, then remove and thickly slice, eating with butter, if you like.

Recipe from Good Food magazine, February 2013

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A star rating of 4 out of 5.18 ratings

SallyT.

question

Is the 175g peeled weight per banana or in total because most medium bananas give well over 100g of flesh.

susi1_de

A star rating of 5 out of 5.

I love this recipe! I've done it quite a few times and as one of the other commenters said, just take whatever nuts you have at home.

jennithing

I didn't have quite enough brazils when I made this cake so I added dried fruit to the recipe. Agree with previous comments- took a fair few bowls and much longer than 40 mins but I didnt find it difficult to make and was well worth it. My mother called it "the best cake I've ever had "! I'm not…

annahorvath

A star rating of 5 out of 5.

Didn't have brazils so used nuts instead and used only one banana and one grated apple. Used malted flour and whole wheat flour together with white flour (1/3+1/3+1/3). Very moreish! It has disappeared very quickly...so I'm baking another one!

jamietshaw

The coconut adds a hint of flavour without being too overpowering, and folding in the egg white mixture gives the loaf a slightly different texture to normal sponge. It was a hassle with so many components, however – I suspect I’m more likely to make conventional banana bread recipes in the future…

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