Guests & Banana/Raspberry Loaf Recipe

We had the luck of being able to catch up with long time family friends today! Helen & Geoff have been on a cruise, which stops off at Burnie for a day!

So with our house all scrubbed and shiny, and lawns mowed, we were able to show them our little patch of Tassie for the first time.

And as you can see – The north-west put on some rather lovely weather!

We enjoyed a little fossick at Fossil Bluff before coming home to indulge in tea & banana/raspberry loaf, garden tours and lunch!

Of course, since making her famous, a must do on guests lists, is a visit to meet and enjoy a cuppa with Ruby! Time was scarce, but we dropped in, and it was so gorgeous as she had the good china out, so we were all posh and drank in style (accompanied by a fabulous Ruby-Made sponge cake!)

So just a short post tonight, although I will add the recipe for the Banana/Raspberry Loaf just in case someone needs it! 🙂

Tomorrow I have scheduled a day of nothing for myself!! I have been working on this idea for a while 🙂 Not sure how I will spend my day of leisurely idleness, but I am looking forward to it!

Hope you have had a lovely day.

Cheers

Basic Banana Bread:

Ingredients:

125g butter softened

1 cup (175g) brown sugar

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

2 eggs

2 cups mashed banana (although I use 1&1/2 and it is a little less heavy)

1&3/4 cups plain (All purpose) flour, sifted

1 teaspoon baking powder, sifted

1 teaspoon bicarb soda, sifted

1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

1/3 cup golden syrup

Method:

Preheat oven to 160C (325F)

Place butter, sugar, vanilla in mixer and beat until pale and creamy

Add eggs, beat well to combine

Add the rest of ingredients and stir to combine

At this point I mix in a cup of frozen raspberries (some whole some a bit crushed)

Spoon into loaf tin (approx. 26 X 11cm) lightly greased and lined with baking paper

Recipe says bake for an hour, but mine seem to take 1.5 hours or even a little longer.

I prefer it cooled, and spread with butter to eat.

In fact… I am going to indulge in some now!