Banana Bread with Toasted Walnuts
A delectable banana bread with cinnamon, toasted walnuts and crème fraîche that is perfect for breakfast or an afternoon snack.
Ingredients
- 235 g flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 100 g softened butter
- 170 g sugar
- 2 eggs
- 2 tbsp crème fraîche
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 3 ripe bananas, mashed
- 2/3 cup toasted walnuts
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 180°C
- Sift together flour, baking powder, cinnamon, and salt. Set aside
- Cream sugar with butter until light and fluffy.
- Add eggs to the creamed butter & sugar one at a time and beat in. Then mix in the crème fraîche, vanilla extract and mashed bananas.
- Fold in the flour mixture, a third at a time. Then fold in the toasted walnuts.
- Place a knob of butter into a 28 cm x 12 cm loaf pan and place into the preheated oven until the butter melts (about 15 seconds). Remove pan from oven and coat the pan with the melted butter, using a pastry brush.
- Pour the batter into the loaf pan and bake for 50 minutes to an hour in preheated oven. Check for doneness with a cake tester - once it comes out clean the cake is ready. Allow to cool for 5-10 minutes in the pan. Best served warm with a strong espresso.