• Banana bread with cinnamon-sugared pecans

    Preheat the oven to 170°C. Grease a 23 x 13 cm loaf tin with butter and line with baking paper. Mix the pecans, 2 T sugar, cinnamon and 1 T butter together and set aside. Sift the flour, baking powder, bicarbonate of soda and salt…

  • Banana split ice-cream cake

    1. Line a 22 x 10 cm loaf tin with greaseproof paper. 2. Slice the banana loaf to fit the tin snugly, then top with the ice cream. Freeze until ready to serve. 3. Just before serving, heat the golden syrup in a pan until caramelised. …

  • Marie's apple bread

    Marie’s apple bread

    Preheat the oven to 180°C. Dissolve the bicarbonate of soda in the milk and pour over the apple. Beat the butter and sugar well, then add the eggs. Sift the cake flour, salt and baking powder and add to the sugar mixture. Mix in th…

  • Peanut butter-and-banana baked doughnuts

    Peanut butter-and-banana baked doughnuts

    1. Preheat the oven to 180°C. Mash the bananas using a fork or an electric-hand mixer. Add the sugar, butter, eggs and peanut butter and combine. 2. In a separate bowl, combine the flour, baking powder and salt. Add the dry ingredie…

  • banana loaf

    Banana loaf

    Preheat the oven to 180°C. Using a hand mixer, beat the bananas until smooth. Don’t worry if some lumps are present, this will only make the bread taste better. Add the brown sugar, butter and eggs to the smoothed banana. Combin…