BANANA BREAD RECIPE BY CHLOE

Remember when I pummelled a load of bananas because I was mad that I didn’t get on to the rugby squad? Suvi doesn’t like food to get wasted so we made something delicious with my banana victims.

Here’s the recipe for you to try. Make sure you’ve got a grown up around to help (and to tell you where they’ve hidden the sugar).

INGREDIENTS

200g PLAIN FLOUR

200g CASTER SUGAR

50g SOFTENED BUTTER

1 TEASPOON VANILLA EXTRACT

1 TEASPOON BICARBONATE OF SODA

1/2 TEASPOON BAKING POWDER

1 EGG

3 VERY RIPE BANANAS

METHOD

Get your adult to preheat oven to 180 C / Gas 4. Then grease and flour a 13x23cm loaf tin. That means ripping off a little bit of the butter wrapper and using it to rub a blob of butter around the tin. When you’ve finished you can stick the bit of paper in your sister’s hair (but she will scream like an angry warthog).

Mash the bananas up (you don’t have to pretend that it’s anyone’s face that you’re squashing, but sometimes it makes you feel better if you do) and then add the measured out flour, sugar, butter, vanilla, baking powder, bicarbonate of soda and egg.

Give everything a really good mix.

Pour into loaf tin. When you slop the mixture out, it’s all lumpy and banana-y and it reminded me of monkey sick, but don’t worry, it looks much better when it’s cooked.

Bake at 180 C / Gas 4 for 50 to 60 minutes or until skewer inserted into centre of loaf comes out clean.

Eat loads! I told Suvi that eating fruit is important to your health and that I needed at least three slices.