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    Home » Snacks

    May 6, 2015

    Banana Fruit Bread Recipe

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    BananaFruitBread

    What do you do when you have a Thermomix and a bunch of bananas that are as the kids like to say "off"?

    You create a Thermomix Banana Fruit Bread Recipe :)

    Yep a lovely cake that is like a cross between a fruit cake and banana bread ... mmm delicious!

    If you like either of the two mentioned cakes above then you must try this recipe.

    ThermoFun – Banana Fruit Bread Recipe

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    ThermoFun – Banana Fruit Bread Recipe

    Ingredients

    • 160g sultanas
    • 125g raisins
    • 125g currants
    • 250g cold black tea
    • 2 tablespoon brandy, optional
    • 100g walnuts
    • 2 ripe bananas, broken into chunks
    • 220g brown sugar
    • 50g glace cherries
    • 1 egg
    • 2 tablespoon milk
    • 2 tablespoon treacle, or golden syrup
    • 400g self raising flour

    Instructions

    1. Place sultanas, raisins and currants into a large bowl with tea and brandy. Cover and leave to soak for min 3 hours or overnight.
    2. Preheat oven to 180°C. Grease a 1 litre loaf tin and line the base and sides with baking paper.
    3. Place walnuts into TM bowl and chop 3 sec / speed 5.
    4. Add bananas and chop 5 sec / speed 3.
    5. Add brown sugar, cherries, egg, milk, treacle (or golden syrup), flour and fruit and combine 30 sec / speed 4 / Reverse. Scrape down and repeat.
    6. Bake 1 hour or until a skewer inserted in the centre comes out clean (cover loosely with foil if browning too quickly).
    7. Cool cake in the tin for 10 mins then turn out onto a rack to cool completely.
    8. Slice and serve with butter.

    Notes

    You could use any sort of nuts to suit you. You could swap Cranberries for the Cherries if you wish. This recipe I converted from a "Delicious" recipe book.

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    Comments

    1. Colleen says

      May 06, 2024 at 3:35 pm

      Can it be frozen?

      Reply
      • thermofun says

        May 21, 2024 at 2:50 pm

        Yes it sure can be Colleen. :)

        Reply
    2. Hilary says

      May 07, 2016 at 5:30 pm

      Yummy... Really is a cross between fruit cake and banana bread. Nice and moist as well. Thanks - great way to use up ripe bananas!

      Reply
      • thermofun says

        May 09, 2016 at 3:54 pm

        Thanks Hilary - Im pleased you enjoyed it. :)

        Reply
    3. Sue&nic says

      May 20, 2015 at 7:40 pm

      Thank you sounds. & reads great yum

      Reply
    4. Tania says

      May 19, 2015 at 8:42 am

      This is a beautiful bread/cake. You are exactly right that it's half banana bread and half fruit cake! We enjoy both so this is perfect. The kids enjoyed it as an after school snack. Will be making it again soon!

      Reply
    5. Witherlea212 says

      May 19, 2015 at 6:56 am

      Yummmm.... This is the most devine loaf I have tasted in years. So easy to make and so so easy to eat!!!

      Reply

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