Name: Banana & pecan loaf
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 25 min
Yield: 1
Ingredients: 175g softened butter , plus extra for greasing -; 175g golden caster sugar -; 3 eggs -; 140g self-raising flour -; 85g ground almonds -; ½ tsp baking powder -; 100ml milk -; 2 small, very ripe bananas -; 50g pecan , chopped, plus extra -; 85g softened butter -; 100g icing sugar , sifted -; 1 tsp vanilla extract -

Ingredients for - Banana & pecan loaf

1. 175g softened butter , plus extra for greasing

2. 175g golden caster sugar

3. 3 eggs

4. 140g self-raising flour

5. 85g ground almonds

6. ½ tsp baking powder

7. 100ml milk

8. 2 small, very ripe bananas

9. 50g pecan , chopped, plus extra

10. 85g softened butter

11. 100g icing sugar , sifted

12. 1 tsp vanilla extract

How to cook deliciously - Banana & pecan loaf

1 . Stage

Heat oven to 160C/140C fan/gas 3. Grease and line a 2lb/900g loaf tin with a long strip of baking parchment. To make the loaf cake batter, beat the butter and sugar with an electric whisk until light and fluffy. Add the bananas in a few chunks and beat in with the eggs, flour, almonds, baking powder and milk until smooth – the whisk will mash the bananas. Stir in the pecans, then scrape into the tin. Bake for 45-50 mins until golden, risen and a skewer poked in comes out clean. Cool in the tin, then lift out.

2 . Stage

Beat the butter, icing sugar and vanilla. Spread on top of the cooled cake and scatter with more chopped pecans