Banana Bread
4
Points®
Total time: 1 hr 5 min • Prep: 15 min • Cook: 50 min • Serves: 12 • Difficulty: Easy
Fresh or toasted, on its own or spread with your favourite topping – however you serve this long-lasting sesame-topped loaf, it’s sure to become a new family favourite.
Ingredients
Calorie controlled cooking spray
4 spray(s)
White Self Raising Flour
125 g
Wholemeal Flour
125 g
Billington's Unrefined Golden Caster Sugar
50 g
Baking powder
1½ teaspoon(s), level
Bicarbonate of Soda
½ teaspoon(s), level
Ground Cinnamon
1 teaspoon(s), level
Banana
200 g
Cannellini Beans, cooked
1 can(s), large, drained
Vanilla Extract
1½ teaspoon(s), level
Asda Extra Special French Almond Extract
⅛ teaspoon(s)
Low Fat Spread
50 g
Egg, whole, raw
1 large, raw
Sesame Seeds
1 teaspoon(s)
Instructions
1
Preheat the oven to 180°C, fan 160°C, gas mark 4. Mist a 900g loaf tin with cooking spray and line with baking paper.
2
In a large mixing bowl, combine the flours, sugar, baking powder, bicarbonate of soda, cinnamon and a pinch of salt. Put the bananas, beans, vanilla and almond extracts in a food processor and blitz to a smooth purée.
3
Add the banana mixture to the dry ingredients along with the melted spread and egg. Stir to form a smooth batter, then spoon into the prepared tin. Level the surface with a spatula and scatter over the sesame seeds. Bake for 45-50 minutes, until risen and golden and a skewer inserted into the centre of the cake comes out clean.
4
Remove from the oven and let cool in the tin for 15 minutes, then remove from the tin to cool completely.
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