Banana Loaf
By: Anonymous
Published: Saturday, March 20, 2010 - 1:20am

Ingredients




6 ounces Stoned dried dates, roughly chopped
4 ounces fl  water
1 medium Egg
8 ounces Self-raising flour
1 teaspoon Ground mixed spice
1 pound Ripe bananas, peeled
4 ounces Roughly-chopped walnuts

Preparation

1 Grease and base line a 2lb loaf tin. Preheat the oven to 180C/350F/gas5. 2 Place the dates and water in a saucepan and simmer gently until the dates are soft. Mash with a fork until the dates are pureed. Allow to cool slightly. Beat in the egg. 3 Mix together the flour and spice. Mash the bananas until nearly smooth but still retaining a little texture, then stir into the date mixture with the flour, spice and walnuts. 4 Spoon the mixture into the prepared tin and level the surface. Bake for an hour, and cover with foil if the top is becoming too brown.