BANANA FRUIT LOAF
8oz plain flour
2 eggs.
2 teaspoons baking powder
4 ripe bananas
½ teaspoon salt
2oz chopped walnuts
3oz butter or margarine
2oz seedless raisins
5oz sugar
2oz glace cherries
2oz candied peel
[Note: several of the ingredients besides the bananas can be Fairtrade (sugar, nuts, soft fruit). The soft fruit may be varied, and the nuts omitted.]
Grease a loaf tin about 8 inches by 5 inches. Sift flour with baking powder and salt on piece of kitchen paper. Cream butter or margarine with sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs one at a time. Fold mashed bananas into mixture until well blended. Add chopped nuts, coarsely chopped raisins, quartered cherries and chopped candied peel. Gradually stir in flour mixture. Turn into prepared tin. Bake in moderate oven (190oC) for about 1¼ hours (less in fan oven) until cooked through.
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