Hidden Beauty: Guest Post - Banana Bread Recipe

Hello lovelies. I’m Mariah from Starla Says.

Millie wanted a guest blogger and I jumped at the chance because I love reading her posts. We discussed what would be cool to write about and we chose one of my passions: Baking. We decided on a recipe of Banana Bread as it reminded Millie of her childhood. Hopefully it tastes as good as the one she remembers!

The ingredients you need are:

· 280g of sieved plain flour

· 110g of unsalted butter

· 225g of caster sugar

· 2 eggs

· 4 ripe bananas

· 80ml of milk

· 1 teaspoon of vanilla essence

· 1 teaspoon of bicarbonate of soda

· 1tsp of salt

You also need a loaf tin, scales and a wooden spoon. Unfortunately my boyfriend smashed my scales so I'm measuring with a tablespoon!! Make sure you line your loaf tin with butter so its easier to take the bread out.

Now...my mother and grandmother tend to just put everything in a bowl and stir. I’m sure they had the power of the Gods behind them because everytime I do that it’s a disaster. So I follow these simple steps.

1.       Mix the butter and softened butter in one bowl
2.       Mix the sieved flour, bicarb and salt in a separate bowl
3.       Add eggs and vanilla to the butter/sugar mixture
4.       Now you can put both mixtures together

5. Mash the bananas together and add to the mixture. I tend to add the bananas one by one
to see if it balances with the batter

Mashed Bananas!!

Completed mixture

6. Add mixture to your loaf tin and place in oven for 45 mins

Lumpy Mixture!!

Ready for baking!

7. After 45 mins or so, take out the loaf and place a knife in the middle. If the knife comes
out clean it's cooked! If not place back in the oven under a lower temperature so it doesn't burn.