Banana loaf - Trial

This was tonight's baking spree. 

Ingredients:

230-250g Over ripe banana (2 lrg or 3-4 medium sized will do)

1 Banana (sliced & set aside)

125g Butter

100g Raw sugar

2 Eggs (60g eggs)

220 Self-raising flour

80g Milk (soy or other types can be used)

Vanilla been paste/pods/essence

Optional extras:

Handful of: almonds and/or walnuts, frozen berries (raspberries work well).

2 Tblspn cocoa powder or 100g (cooking) chocolate pieces of your choice. (If using cookig chocolate - rough chop using turbo twice, or mill chocolate down to fine consistency and set aside before Step 1).

Dried fruits: prunes, dates, cranberries etc.

My optional extra's this round is my PACCAW mix (Prunes, Apple, Coconut, Cranberries, Almonds, Walnuts) 30g each + 1 apple quarter, method similar to CADA mix recipe.

*Preheat oven 200C fan forced & line loaf tin with baking paper.

Method: 

1. mill raw sugar with vanilla bean to vanilla icing sugar - if using paste or essence add with step .

2. Add butter, 100C, 2 mins, Speed 2. To melt butter.

3. Add the bananas. Chop/blend 10 seconds, Speed 5. 

4. Add remaining ingredients: eggs, SR flour, milk, (vanilla essence, cocoa powder).

5. Pour into loaf tin.

6. Rinse TM bowl, make CADA or PACCAW mix.

7. Pour into loaf tin.

8. Add in banana slices. 

9. Using a butter knife - swirl / stir to roughly mix into banana loaf mixture.

10. Bake at 200C for 45-50mins, use a skewer to test if it comes out clean and not wet your loaf is ready. 

Can leave to cool a little in over with door slightly ajar.