Name: Banana cake
Prep time: 1 h 45 min
Cook time: 1 h 45 min
Yield: 1
Ingredients: 100g softened unsalted butter -; 140g light muscovado sugar -; 2 large eggs -; 3 large ripe bananas , mashed (about 450g/1lb total weight) -; 50g pecans , roughly chopped -; 50g raisins -; 150ml buttermilk -; 280g plain flour -; 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda -; 50g icing sugar -

Ingredients for - Banana cake

1. 100g softened unsalted butter

2. 140g light muscovado sugar

3. 2 large eggs

4. 3 large ripe bananas , mashed (about 450g/1lb total weight)

5. 50g pecans , roughly chopped

6. 50g raisins

7. 150ml buttermilk

8. 280g plain flour

9. 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda

10. 50g icing sugar

How to cook deliciously - Banana cake

1 . Stage

Preheat the oven to fan 160C/ conventional 180C/gas 4. Butter a 20 x 13cm loaf tin and line the base with greaseproof paper.

2 . Stage

In a large bowl, whisk together the butter and sugar with an electric whisk until creamy. Beat in the eggs one at a time (don’t worry that the mixture looks curdled). Stir in the mashed bananas, pecans, raisins and buttermilk.

3 . Stage

Sift the flour and bicarbonate of soda on top of the banana mixture, then fold in until evenly mixed, taking care not to overmix. Spoon into the prepared tin and level the top.

4 . Stage

Bake for 1 hour 15 minutes until a skewer pushed in the centre comes out almost, but not quite, dry. Remove from the oven and leave for about 10 minutes, then turn it out of the tin on to a cooling rack to cool.

5 . Stage

For the icing, mix the icing sugar with 2-3 tsp cold water to give a smooth, runny consistency. Using a dessertspoon, drizzle the icing in lines across the loaf.