Ingredients
- 4 very ripe bananas, mashed
- 125g plain flour
- 100g crunchy peanut butter
- 100g soft brown sugar
- 75g wholemeal flour
- 50g butter, softened
- 2 eggs
- 2 tsp baking powder
Frosting
- 200g icing sugar
- 75g smooth peanut butter
- 75g soft cheese
- 75g butter
- 1 tbsp toasted chopped peanuts, to finish (optional)
Directions
- Heat the oven to 180C/fan 160C/gas 4.
- Put the butter, crunchy peanut butter, sugar, flours, baking powder, eggs and bananas in a bowl and beat together with an electric beater.
- Spoon into a lined and buttered 450g loaf tin.
- Bake for 1¼-1½ hours, or until a skewer comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes in the tin then lift out and cool completely on a rack.
- To add some extra flare … make a frosting, by beating butter until soft, then beat in the soft cheese and peanut butter followed by the icing sugar. Frost the loaf and scatter over the peanuts, if you like.