❩❩ new bananas

seems a while back ~

it was my first blog where I shared my banana teabread recipe:

still a favourite and great for using up those over ripe fruits:

then I ate a piece of banana bread with dried fruits at a friends ....

so here's a yum alternative:

banana, apricot and sultana bread

you will need ....

75g apricots ~ chopped

{I used a ready-to-eat variety as they are softsoft}

75g sultanas

100g softened butter

125g caster sugar

3 ripe bananas ~ mashed

200g self raising flour

2 eggs ~ beaten

grated zest of a lemon

set your oven to 160°c/ gas 3:

line and grease a 1kg loaf tin:

cream together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy:

gradually add in the beaten egg, a little at a time:

stir in the mashed bananas, lemon zest and dried fruits: 

fold in the flour:

and pile into your prepared tin:

bake for 55 minutes:

test for doneness by pressing a skewer into the centre:

if it comes out clean ~ it's done!

cool in the tin for a while, then turn onto a 

cooling rack:

deliciously moist and some of your five a day:

keeps in a cake tin for 3-4 days: