This is (loosely) based on a Delia Smith recipe for Banana and Walnut Loaf from last century (1981). You can do a straight switch for plain flour if you don't want to be gluten free. You can also buy a bag of mixed dates, sultanas and 'toffee' at Sainsburys and whack that in... or add chopped pecans as well. Tbh, you can probably shove most stuff in this, and it'll taste great.
3oz melted butter
4oz light brown soft sugar
1 large egg
8oz flour
2tsp baking powder
4 bananas
8 dates
a handful of sultanas
1tsp vanilla essence
plus either a good big handful of chopped soft toffee OR dark chocolate. (Not both. ewww)
Mash the bananas and stir in beaten egg. Add the butter, vanilla essence and sugar, then sift in the flour and baking powder. Chop up the dates, nuts and chocolate/toffee till the pieces are about the size of sultanas, then throw them all in. Throw in the sultanas as well. Stir it all up, and slop into a couple of loaf tins.
Cook at Gas mark 4 till it's all golden and springs back when you poke it. Leave it to cool for a bit in the tin, then loosen with a knife and tip out onto a cooling rack. Cover with a clean dishtowel to stop the cat licking it.
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