Portions: 8
Level: Easy
Price Per Portion: approx. £0.43
Swedish Words:
- Fika: to meet up with friends/family and chat over coffee
- Farfar: Grandad on dad’s side
Growing up in Sweden I have been lucky to enjoy the finest cakes and pastries with our mandatoryfikas. I have been dreaming about this banana bread since I ate it years ago. When I go to my grandparent’s ski cabin in northern Sweden I always hope that we will visit my farfar’s brother on the way home. They are so lovely. But as the food lover I am I can tell you that my farfar’s sister-in-law does the best banana bread in the world! I have never met anyone that has not enjoyed this banana bread.
In recent months it has become a trend for home bakers, with its cheap ingredients and this easy-to-follow recipe to bake banana bread; it is also a great treat for students on a budget. So, why not master it now and in September impress your house mates or for you Freshers moving into halls, use it as an ice breaker between new flatmates!
(Recipe has been tweaked to fit international standards)
What you need:
- 75g butter
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 tablespoons milk
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 & 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 2 egg yolks
- 2 ripe bananas (overripe is best)
- 1 cup plain flour
- 1 tablespoon baking soda/bicarbonate
- 50g bag walnuts (optional)
Instructions:
PREHEAT YOUR OVEN TO 175˚C
- Melt the butter in a pot and let it cool.
- Mix together sugar, milk, salt, and the egg yolks into a well combined batter.
- Peel and mash the bananas with the vanilla extract and pour it into the batter together with the roughly chopped walnuts.
- Put together the flour and baking soda and blend it into the batter.
- Pour in the cooled melted butter and mix it together with the batter.
- Whisk the egg whites into a hard foam and turn it in the batter (electric mixer/ whisk is recommended but you can use a fork as a last resort).
- Pour the batter into a 2-litre baking tin that is well greased or has baking paper inside (to minimise sticking). To get the shape in the photo use a 2 litre Bundt cake mould.
- Put it in the oven on the lowest shelf and bake it for 40-45 min. To check it is done, press a knife into the centre of the cake and if when you pull it out the knife is clean, it is ready.
Here is a simple video for guidance if needed:
I eat this with some extra chocolate chips in the mix and some ice cream on the side! This will certainly be an enjoyable treat when the calories don’t matter.