Moist Banana Almond Bread

Another easy peasy way of making use of over-ripe bananas.  No mixer is required in this recipe, just mix everything together till fully incorporated.  This Banana Bread is moist with a bit of crunch from the almond topping and it tastes much better the next day when the flavours have been infused together.

Moist Banana Almond Bread      

Ingredients

• 3 over ripe bananas, mashed
• 2 'L'eggs, slightly beaten
• 160 gm plain flour
• 50 gm wholemeal flour
• 100 gm Rapadura sugar
• 1/2 cup vegetable oil
• 1/4 cup milk
• 1 tsp sodium bicarbonate
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 30 gm almond slivers
• a pinch of salt

Method

1. Combine oil, eggs, sugar, milk, vanilla and mashed bananas.
2. Sift in sodium bicarbonate, plain and wholemeal flour and salt.  Mix well.
3. Pour the batter into a greased loaf pan.  
4. Level the surface and tap the pan lightly to evenly distribute the batter.
5. Sprinkle on the almond slivers.
6. Bake in a preheated oven @ 180 deg.C for 45 mins. to 1 hour till golden brown.
7. Remove the pan from the oven, let cool for a while.  Then remove the bread from the pan and let it cool completely on a wire rack.