Mary Berry's seed-topped banana bread recipe - YOU Magazine Fashion Beauty Celebrity Health Life Relationships Horoscopes Food Interiors Travel Sign in Welcome!Log into your account Forgot your password? Password recovery Recover your password Search Sign in Welcome! Log into your account Forgot your password? Get help Password recovery Recover your password A password will be e-mailed to you. YOU Magazine Fashion Beauty Celebrity Health Life Relationships Horoscopes Food Interiors Travel Home Food Mary Berry’ s seed-topped banana bread recipe By You Magazine - January 1, 2018 These lovely well-risen, light-textured moist cakes are perfect for when the bananas are over-ripe in the fruit bowl and no one is keen on eating them! The seeds and sugar topping adds crunch and nuttiness. Baking two small cakes is perfect when making for school fetes, etc. While one goes out the door never to be tasted or seen again, the other can stay at home to please the family! Georgina Glynn Smith MAKES 2 CAKES (EACH SERVING 6) COOK TIME 30-40 MINUTES, PLUS COOLING 100g (4oz) baking spread, plus extra for greasing 150g (5oz) muscovado sugar 200g (7oz) self-raising flour 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda 2 large eggs 2 medium (about 200g/7oz) ripe bananas (see tips), peeled and mashed FOR THE TOPPING 25g (1oz) pumpkin seeds 25g (1oz) sunflower seeds 1 tbsp demerara sugar 1. You will need two 450g (1lb) loaf tins (see tips). Preheat the oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4, then grease the tins with baking spread and line with baking paper. 2. Measure the baking spread, sugar, flour and bicarbonate of soda into a large bowl, add the eggs and bananas and beat with an electric hand whisk until light and combined. Spoon the mixture equally between the prepared tins and level the tops. Sprinkle over the seeds and demerara sugar. 3. Bake both cakes on the middle shelf in the oven for about 35-40 minutes or until well risen, golden and a skewer inserted in the middle of each cake comes out clean. 4. Allow to cool in the tin for 10 minutes and then turn out on to a wire rack and peel off the baking paper before leaving to cool down completely. PREPARE AHEAD Can be made up to a day ahead and kept in an airtight container. FREEZE The cakes freeze well. Eat one now and freeze the other for later. MARY’S CLASSIC TIPS Never throw out even the blackest of bananas. The riper they are, the softer and more flavour they have. Bananas also freeze really well. Once past their best for eating, peel and open freeze on a tray, then pack into freezer bags. You’ll always have bananas to hand to make this quick and easy cake – just defrost and use as above. To make one large cake, use a 900g (2lb) loaf tin and bake for 50-60 minutes. SAVE 20 PER CENT ON MARY’S NEW BOOK Classic, published by BBC Books on 25th January, price £26. As well as Mary’s introduction the book contains more than 100 all-new recipes, with Mary’s crucial tips for each one. Chapters include canapés and first courses, fish, poultry and game, pork, lamb and beef, vegetarian, puddings and desserts, and teatime. To order a copy for £20.80 until 4th February, visit you-bookshop.co.uk or call 0844 571 0640; p&p is free on orders over £15. RELATED ARTICLESMORE FROM AUTHOR Kids can eat for free at these restaurants during October half-term How to make the viral negroni sbagliato with prosecco at home 7 Halloween recipes with serious hex factor Popular in Food Gabriela Peacock 14-day plan Anytime baked eggs May 23, 2021 Joe Wicks’ maple-glazed chicken thighs with Asian slaw June 6, 2021 Mary Berry is returning to TV screens for a brand new June 15, 2021 Eleanor Maidment My summer taste notes July 4, 2021 Uyen Luu’ s sticky mustard marmalade ribs July 25, 2021 Annie Bell’ s white peach bellinis recipe August 8, 2021 M& S has launched a new crunchy Caramilk-inspired golden chocolate spread August 24, 2021 Deliciously preserved pickle and jam recipes September 19, 2021 Gordon Ramsay’ s bang bang cauliflower October 3, 2021 Wow right now Clodagh McKenna’ s speedy family dinners October 24, 2021 Popular CategoriesFood2704Life2496Fashion2240Beauty1738Celebrity1261Interiors684 Sign up for YOUMail Thanks for subscribing Please check your email to confirm (If you don't see the email, check the spam box) Fashion Beauty Celebrity Life Food Privacy & Cookies T&C Copyright 2022 - YOU Magazine. All Rights Reserved