Peanut Butter and Banana Loaf with Peanut Frosting
Makes: one large loaf
Preparation time: approx 25 minutes, cooking time: 1 hour
Ingredients
For the loaf:
2 large ripe bananas
275ml fresh orange juice
125g Duerr’s Crunchy Peanut Butter
150g self-raising flour
125g wholemeal self-raising flour
125g demerara sugar
½tsp mixed spice
1 egg, beaten
1 tbs sunflower or light olive oil
For the frosting:
2 tbs Duerr’s Smooth Peanut Butter
4tbs icing sugar, sifted
3-4 tbs milk
Method
- Pre-heat the oven to 180ºC/160ºC fan/Gas 4
- Mash the bananas on a plate using a fork then transfer to a bowl and combine with the peanut butter. Stir in the orange juice
- Weigh the dry ingredients into a bowl then add the banana and peanut mixture, egg and oil and stir quickly until combined but do not over-mix
- Tip into a 900g/2lb loaf tin lined with non-stick baking paper. Bake for 50 minutes, turning half way through cooking. Test that the cake is done by inserting a skewer into the cake. If it comes out clean, it’s ready, if there is some mixture stuck to the skewer, leave it to cook for another 5-10 minutes. Leave to cool completely before topping
- Once cooled, make the frosting by mixing the ingredients together. Spread over the top of the loaf and cut into chunky slices to serve
