Wholemeal Banana Loaf 

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A delicious banana loaf, great for lunch boxes, snacks or dessert.

Ingredients:

1/2 banana, chopped (for topping)

1/2 cup rolled oats (for topping)

1/4 cup light brown sugar (for topping)

1 cup wholemeal plain flour

1 cup plain flour

1/2 cup light brown sugar (for loaf)

2 tsp baking powder

1/4 tsp salt

2 ripe medium banana

2 eggs, lightly beaten

1 cup buttermilk

1 Tbsp canola oil

Directions:

Preheat oven to 190°C. Spray a loaf tin (9" x 5" x 2 1/2") with cooking spray.

In small bowl, combine topping ingredients (banana, rolled oats & 1/4 cup light brown sugar). Set aside.

In large bowl, whisk together flours, remaining sugar, baking powder and salt to combine.

In another small bowl, mash bananas. Mix in eggs, buttermilk and oil.

Stir wet ingredients into dry ones, mixing just until combined. Pour batter into prepared tin. Sprinkle topping evenly over batter.

Bake until skewer inserted into centre of bread comes out clean, 45 to 50 minutes. Do not worry if some bits of topping get very dark.

Let loaf rest in tin for 10 minutes. Turn out onto wire rack and cool completely. Serve, or wrap in foil and use later. This loaf keeps 4 to 5 days, and freezes well.

Author:

American Institute for Cancer Research
America Institute for Cancer Research

Member Comments: (4)

By: tardigrades - 2011-01-20
Fantastic recipe. This is such a great breakfast on-the-go. I added 100g of walnuts (an extra 68 calories per slice) as well as some cinnamon and vanilla, which made it really delicious.

By: cookiecat - 2010-01-24
Can the buttermilk be substituted?

By: shazedmd - 2009-10-29
it takes a bit longer to cook though. more than an hour for me.

By: shazedmd - 2009-10-28
The best bit about this recipe is the topping - I made this for my whole family (who were not Ck''ers and they loved it - It is really wholesome.