Banana Bread

Ingredients:

225g/8oz self-raising flour
100g/4oz butter
150g/5oz caster sugar
450g/1lb fairtrade bananas (the softer the better), peeled and mashed
½ tsp salt
2 eggs
175g/6oz mixed dried fruit

Method:

Pre-heat the oven to 180C/350F/Gas 4. 

Mix all the ingredients except the dried fruit together. You can do this in a food processor or by hand in a basin.

When they’re all thoroughly mixed, add the dried fruit. Spoon the mixture into a 1kg/2lb non-stick loaf tin, spread it out evenly and bake it for one and a half hours. The loaf is done when a skewer pushed into its middle comes out clean.

Cool on a wire rack, then slice before serving.