Food

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Ginger and chocolate chip banana bread

Serves: 6 – 8

Ingredients

140g unsalted butter, softened

140g golden caster sugar

2 large eggs

2 ripe bananas

1 tsp baking powder

140g Self raising flour

50g dark chocolate chips

50g finely chopped crystallised ginger

Method

1. Preheat the oven to 170C, fan 160C. Grease and line a loaf tin, approx. 11 x 21 x 6.5cm deep

2. Cream together the butter and sugar in a large bowl. Add the eggs and beat in well

3. Mash the bananas. Fold in the baking powder and flour, then fold in the bananas, chocolate chips and ginger.

4. Spoon into the lined tin and bake in the oven for about 50 - 60 minutes, or until risen and golden brown – if you insert a skewer in the centre of the cake, it should come out cleanly, without any wet mixture sticking to it

5. Allow to cool before taking the cake out of the tin

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