Recipe: Rum Raisin Banana Bread
Written by Gilda · April 20, 2009
Filed under Featured, What's For Breakfast
Banana bread is one of those dishes that I’m always surprised by how much I like it. One of the most delicious cakes I’ve ever had was a banana cake with chocolate frosting. I like my banana bread with a little bit of walnuts and some raisins to give each bite a little burst of tart sweetness. This recipe for Rum Raisin Banana Bread is by far the best. You have to eat these warm with a little butter spread and a hot cup of coffee. It’s perfect comfort food.
Recipe Adapted From: by Nigella Lawson, Nigella.com
Yield: 8-10 slices
Time: Total 3 hours
Ingredients:
1/3 cup sultanas (white seedless grapes)
1/3 cup bourbon or dark rum
175g plain flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
125g unsalted butter, melted
150g sugar
2 large eggs
4 small, very ripe bananas (about 300g weighed without skin), mashed
60g chopped walnuts
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
9 inch loaf pan, buttered and floured or with a paper insert
1. Put the sultanas and rum or bourbon in a smallish saucepan and bring to the boil.
2. Remove from the heat, cover and leave for an hour if you can, or until the sultanas have absorbed most of the liquid, then drain.
3. Preheat the oven to 338ºF and get started on the rest. Put the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt in a medium-sized bowl. Using your hands or a wooden spoon, combine well.
4. In a large bowl, mix the melted butter and sugar and beat until blended. Beat in the eggs one at a time, then the mashed bananas. Then, with your wooden spoon, stir in the walnuts, drained sultanas and vanilla extract. Add the flour mixture, a third at a time, stirring well after each bit. Scrape into the loaf tin and bake in the middle of the oven for 1 hour 40 minutes. When it’s ready, an inserted toothpick or fine skewer should come out cleanish. Leave in the tin on a rack to cool, and eat thickly or thinly sliced, as you prefer.
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