The sweetest, most delicious banana bread you’ll ever taste

This amazing banana bread is the perfect choice for “bring a plate” occasions – I’ve brought it along to various birthday parties over the years and never, ever had leftovers to take home!

This variation is a real winner: moist, packed with flavour and simple enough to prepare with grandkids.

Ingredients

• Four bananas, mashed
• 3 eggs
• 150g of plain flour
• 1 punnet of fresh raspberries
• 1/4 cup of fig jam
• 200g of self-raising flour
• 1/2 cup of raw sugar
• 1/4 cup of grated coconut
• 1 teaspoon of ground cinnamon
• 2/3 cup of canola oil
• 1-2 teaspoons of vanilla essence (to taste)
• 100g butter
• 1/4 of icing sugar

Method

Cake:

1. Preheat the oven to 150°C.
2. Grease your baking tray and line with baking paper.
3. Sift all flour (both regular and self-raising) into a bowl.
4. Add the cinnamon, raw sugar and cinnamon.
5. Dig a small hole into the centre of the mixture. Inside it, add the mashed banana, eggs, vanilla essence and oil.
6. Stir – not too long – until the ingredients combine.
7. Add the raspberries and gently mix throughout.
8. Pour the mixture into the pan and bake for 90 minutes (or until a skewer in the centre comes out clean). Set aside for 15-20 minutes before turning over to cool completely.

Fig butter (for glazing):

1. Pour the butter and icing sugar into a bowl and whip until creamy.
2. Add the fig jam and whip until smooth.

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