Breakfast banana bread
Keep food waste to a minimum by using both the fruit and peel in this banana cake.
- 4 very ripe bananas (fresh or frozen)
- 200g light brown soft sugar
- 130ml neutral oil plus extra for the tin
- 4 eggs
- 200g white spelt flour
- 1 tsp ground ginger
- 3 tsp baking powder
- melted chocolate of your choice, for drizzling (optional)
- Heat the oven to 180C/160 fan/gas 4. Put the whole bananas in a food processor and blitz until most of the peel is finely chopped. Add the sugar and blitz again to combine (the abrasive sugar will help chop the peel further before it melts in). Add the oil and eggs, blitz again briefly, then pulse in the flour, ginger and baking powder until everything is well-combined.
- Oil a baking tin (we used a round bundt tin, but a loaf tin will also work; you'll need a tin that has a 1.5-litre volume) and pour in the batter. Bake for 40-50 mins (if using a bundt tin; a loaf tin will take about 1 hr) until a skewer inserted into the middle comes out clean. The cake will puff up above the tin but sink back down as it cools, so don't be alarmed.
- Leave to cool in the tin on a wire rack for about 30 mins. Remove from the tin while still warm. If you've used a bundt tin, you may need to ease the cake away from the side of the tin and firmly shake it to remove the tin. If you like, drizzle over some melted chocolate. Serve warm or leave to cool completely. Will keep in an airtight container for up to four days.
Serve warm at breakfast, or enjoy later as a teatime treat
130ml neutral oilplus extra for the tin
melted chocolateof your choice, for drizzling (optional)
kcal266
fat12g
saturates1g
carbs33g
sugars21g
fibre1g
protein5g
salt0.4g
step 1Heat the oven to 180C/160 fan/gas 4. Put the whole bananas in a food processor and blitz until most of the peel is finely chopped. Add the sugar and blitz again to combine (the abrasive sugar will help chop the peel further before it melts in). Add the oil and eggs, blitz again briefly, then pulse in the flour, ginger and baking powder until everything is well-combined.
step 2Oil a baking tin (we used a round bundt tin, but a loaf tin will also work; you'll need a tin that has a 1.5-litre volume) and pour in the batter. Bake for 40-50 mins (if using a bundt tin; a loaf tin will take about 1 hr) until a skewer inserted into the middle comes out clean. The cake will puff up above the tin but sink back down as it cools, so don't be alarmed.
step 3Leave to cool in the tin on a wire rack for about 30 mins. Remove from the tin while still warm. If you've used a bundt tin, you may need to ease the cake away from the side of the tin and firmly shake it to remove the tin. If you like, drizzle over some melted chocolate. Serve warm or leave to cool completely. Will keep in an airtight container for up to four days.
