Banana and cranberry tea loaf

Name: Banana and cranberry tea loaf
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 55 min
Total time: 1 h 15 min
Yield: 2 x 450g loaves
Cuisine: British recipes
Ingredients: 115g butter, softened, plus extra for greasing; 4 ripe bananas; 170g muscovado sugar; 75g glacé cherries, chopped; 75g dried cranberries, raisins or dried apricots (or mixture of all three); 50g nuts, such as almonds, chopped; 2 medium free-range eggs; 225g self-raising flour; ½ tsp baking powder

Published: 30 Nov 08
Updated: 18 Mar 24

Test kitchen approved

This deliciously moist banana and cranberry tea loaf recipe puts a fruity twist on classic banana bread. It makes a great bake for the festive season.

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2 x 450g loaves
Hands-on time 20 minutes, oven-time 55-60 minutes

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Ingredients

115g butter, softened, plus extra for greasing
4 ripe bananas
170g muscovado sugar
75g glacé cherries, chopped
75g dried cranberries, raisins or dried apricots (or mixture of all three)
50g nuts, such as almonds, chopped
2 medium free-range eggs
225g self-raising flour
½ tsp baking powder

Method

Preheat the oven to 160°C/fan140°C/ gas 3. Grease and line 2 x 450g loaf tins with baking parchment or white paper loaf tin cases.
In a bowl, mash the bananas until smooth with a fork. Add the butter and sugar and mix well until smooth.
Add the cherries, dried cranberries, chopped nuts and eggs and mix well. Sift over the flour and baking powder and stir gently until just combined (stirring for too long may stop the cakes from rising). Divide the batter evenly into the loaf tins.
Bake for 55 minutes – 1 hour. To check if they’re cooked, stick a skewer into the middle of the cakes. If it comes out clean, they are ready.
Leave to cool in the tins for 5 minutes, then remove to a wire rack to cool completely. Decorate as you like.

Recipe from December 2008 Issue

delicious. tips

This recipe is a great way to use up ripe bananas. You can find loaf tin liners in most major supermarkets or cookshops.

To make one big loaf, use a 900g tin and cook the cake for about 1 hour 15 minutes.

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