A sweet, but really delicious banana cake. It's made with dark muscovado sugar which gives it a gorgeous caramel flavour. You can make this muscovado banana bread with either raisins or chocolate chips. It's superb with both.
50graisinsor 100g chocolate of your choice - roughly chopped (I've used Green & Black's butterscotch milk chocolate 34% chocolate before to very good effect)
1tbspmalt vinegar
4medium bananas peeled
125gunsalted buttersoftened
225gdark muscovado sugar
2large eggs
1tspvanilla extract
230gwholemeal flour
2tspbaking powder
¼tspbicarbonate of soda (baking soda)
Instructions
Place the raisins in a small bowl and add the malt vinegar. Do this as early as you can before making the cake, although I often don't remember until I make a start. Give an occasional stir
50 g raisins, 1 tbsp malt vinegar
Mash the bananas in a bowl with a fork.
4 medium bananas
Cream the butter and sugar together until pale and fluffy.
125 g unsalted butter, 225 g dark muscovado sugar
Beat in the eggs, one by one along with the vanilla extract.
2 large eggs, 1 tsp vanilla extract
Beat in the mashed banana.
Sift in the flour, baking powder and bicarbonate of soda and stir until just combined.
230 g wholemeal flour, 2 tsp baking powder, ¼ tsp bicarbonate of soda (baking soda)
Stir in the raisins together with any vinegar left in the bowl. Or if using chocolate, stir in the vinegar, followed by the chocolate chips.
Turn into a 2 lb lined loaf tin or silicone mould.
Bake in a preheated oven at 180℃ (350℉, Gas 4) for about 50 minutes until the cake is well risen and an inserted skewer comes out with just a few moist crumbs sticking to it. If the mixture is still wet in the middle, then pop it back into the oven for a few more minutes. If the cake looks like it's getting too brown on top, cover it with some foil or brown paper.
Leave to cool for about 15 minutes then turn out onto a wire rack to cool completely.
Notes
Please note: calories and other nutritional information are per serving. They're approximate and will depend on exact ingredients used.