[bake me banana bread]

As promised, here's the recipe for the banana bread I baked for the pink ribbon breakfast I held a couple of weeks ago.  It makes the house smell sooooo good!

The photos are courtesy of the lovely Louise from A Pot of Tea Under a Tree.

Banana Bread

100g butter

1 cup caster sugar

2 eggs

2 tsp vanilla essence

1 tsp ground cinnamon

1 cup mashed banana

2 cups plain flour

1 tsp baking powder

1/2 tsp baking soda

1/2 tsp salt

- preheat oven 180 deg.

- grease & line loaf tin

- cream butter & sugar, add eggs and beat between each

- stir in banana, vanilla & cinnamon, then flour baking powder/soda & salt

- pour in tin (sprinkle with raw sugar if you fancy)

- bake for 1 hour or until firm

- cool on wire rack

...and here's another little pic of Louise's that I adore!

 Queen St mall at Christmas.

Isn't it pretty!

nine more sleeps!

Jx

images via a pot of tea under a tree