{"id":1599,"date":"2019-10-28T07:32:52","date_gmt":"2019-10-28T07:32:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rahema.co.uk\/blog\/?p=1599"},"modified":"2019-10-28T21:45:18","modified_gmt":"2019-10-28T21:45:18","slug":"banana-loaf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rahema.co.uk\/blog\/banana-loaf\/","title":{"rendered":"Banana Loaf"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This recipe works best when made using really ripe bananas, the browner the better! It tastes delicious straight out of the oven. I didn&#8217;t even get a chance to take a better picture once it was cooked! Please note this is not a SW friendly recipe, I like to bake from time to time and will share baking recipes for friends who are not following a diet. Hope you enjoy this recipe, feel free to tag me in your pictures if you make this or any other recipe from my blog.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1600\" style=\"width: 235px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1600\" data-attachment-id=\"1600\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.rahema.co.uk\/blog\/banana-loaf\/img_20191027_0947202140405653\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.rahema.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/img_20191027_0947202140405653.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2250,3000\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Banana Loaf\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Banana Loaf&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Banana Loaf&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.rahema.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/img_20191027_0947202140405653-225x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.rahema.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/img_20191027_0947202140405653-768x1024.jpg\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1600\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rahema.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/img_20191027_0947202140405653-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Banana Loaf\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rahema.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/img_20191027_0947202140405653-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.rahema.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/img_20191027_0947202140405653-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rahema.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/img_20191027_0947202140405653-749x999.jpg 749w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1600\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Banana Loaf<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>Ingredients<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>140g butter, melted<\/li>\n<li>140g light brown sugar<\/li>\n<li>140g self raising flour<\/li>\n<li>2 large eggs<\/li>\n<li>2 very ripe bananas<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 tsp ginger powder<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 tsp cinnamon powder<\/li>\n<li>50g chocolate chips (optional)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Method<\/h4>\n<p>Pre heat oven to 160C. Grease and dust with flour a loaf tin and keep it aside till needed.<\/p>\n<p>Mix the melted butter with the sugar using an electrical whisk. Add the eggs, one at a time, mixing well after each addition.<\/p>\n<p>Slowly add the flour making sure it is well incorporated with the ginger and cinnamon.<\/p>\n<p>Add the mashed bananas and chocolate chips (if using) and mix well by hand.<\/p>\n<p>Pour batter into the prepared loaf tin and bake for 45 minutes or more if needed.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 634px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('video');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<video class=\"size-full\" id=\"video-1599-1\" width=\"634\" height=\"357\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rahema.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/VID_214971111_031837_576.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rahema.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/VID_214971111_031837_576.mp4\">https:\/\/www.rahema.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/VID_214971111_031837_576.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This recipe works best when made using really ripe bananas, the browner the better! It tastes delicious straight out of the oven. I didn&#8217;t even get a chance to take a better picture once it was cooked! Please note this is not a SW friendly recipe, I like to bake from time to time and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[5],"tags":[721,60],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p89etY-pN","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1679,"url":"https:\/\/www.rahema.co.uk\/blog\/date-banana-loaf\/","url_meta":{"origin":1599,"position":0},"title":"Date &#038; Banana Loaf","author":"Rahema","date":"April 1, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"I absolutely love bananas, they're one of my favourite fruit. 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