Caramel, date and banana loaf
300g SR flour
1tsp bicarb soda
1 tsp mixed spice
125g dates
115g brown sugar
250g milk
2 eggs
1 cup banana
Chop dates for approx 10 seconds on speed 7
Add dry ingedients
speed 1 for 5 seconds
Add slightly beaten eggs, milk and bananas
speed 3 for 10 seconds
Pour into greased and lined loaf tin.
Bake for 45-50 mins at 180 degrees celcius.
Cool in tin
Try to stop it all being eaten at morning tea time!
PS I like to buy the bananas on special when they are going brown and place straight into freezer. Takes about an hour defrost.
members' commentsJD - This has to be the easiest cake in the world to make. Thanks for posting it charabelle, I love it.
cookie - I made this over the weekend and we love it. BUT I had something happen that has never happened to me before in 50+ years of baking. I actually think it is very funny, so I thought I would let you enjoy a laugh with me. The cake is cooked beautifully and the photo is self explanatory. The cake sort of erupted out the top a bit on one side. I think there must have been an air pocket and I didn't tap the tin as I often do. I find it really funny. It's starting to cave in a bit now as it doesn't have the two ends to support it.
JD - OMG, now that I think back Cookie, mine did exactly the same thing although I wasn't left with a hole in the middle and you couldn't even see where it erupted from. Mine oozed out from the side of my tin measuring 21 x 11cm and I did think I would use the bigger one next time. I had forgotten all about it - well, it was a whole week ago.
em - mmmm made this today with some half dead looking nanas, very nice with some butter on and warmed up a little!
ceejay - Just a tip... using fresh Medjool dates makes it quite difficult to mix... think I need to try dried ones next time. Thanks for the recipe! It was delicious and devoured by the kids!
Banana - Just made this - fabulous- thank you Charabelle!
AMH - this has a good blend of flavours and moister than the banana, date and walnut bread in the EDC. Thanks for posting!
Frozzie - this was lovely..only thing was I used rapadura instead of brown sugar and I preferred them in mini cakes than the large loaf but I made both...the only warning I would put on this is that when you mixed the dates then add the rest of the ingredients make sure that the dates are mixed in to the rest of the mixture and not stuck in the bottom of the bowl..luckily I noticed that a lot of it had stayed at the bottom of the bowl and mixed it in with the spatula..also I chopped up the banana in half slices about half a cm and they stayed in little bits through the cake which made it very nice...in any case thank you it is a lovely recipe.
Kerry o - I'm just trying this out now, mine is in the oven and oozing over the edges of the tin. Wish I read the comments below all the way to the bottom - Doh! I also left out the dates...hope they weren't a must?
Success! I brought it into work today for morning tea and it went down a treat, even had a few people ask for the recipe, I'm going to give this ago again tonight but with the dates, be interesting to see how much of a difference they make. Today at work I forgot you were supposed to add dates so thought it wasn't very sweet although with a spread of butter it tasted lovely.
snappy - I made it as patty cake sized muffins - perfect for the school lunch box! I also added Choc chips. Kids and husband all love them.
