PASSIONFRUIT BANANA BREAD

Ingredients

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BREAD

• 225g Self-Raising Flour
• 1/2 Teaspoon Baking Soda
• 100g Butter
  • Softened and Cubed
• 175g Caster Sugar
• 2 Eggs
  • Beaten
• 3 Passion Fruit
• 3 Very Ripe Bananas

TOPPING

• 100g Icing Sugar
• 1 Passion Fruit
• Dried Banana Slices

Directions

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Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.

BREAD

1. Sift the flour and baking soda into a bowl and set aside.
   
   
2. Put the butter and sugar into a mixer bowl and beat until pale and fluffy.
   
   
3. Alternately, add the beaten egg and flour mixture to the butter and sugar.
   
   
4. Halve the passion fruit, scoop the flesh into a sieve over a bowl and press the pulp to extract the juice. Discard the seeds.
   
   
5. Peel and mash the bananas and add this and the passion-fruit pulp to the cake batter and mix again.
   
   
6. Put the mixture in a 9×5 tin and bake for 55 minutes or until golden. Allow to cool in the tin.

TOPPING

1. Sift the icing sugar into a bowl.
   
   
2. Halve the passion fruit and scoop the pulp into the bowl and mix. It will seem stiff at first, but just keep mixing.
   
   
3. If it’s still too thick, add a drop or two of cold water so you can spread on top of the cake.
   
   
4. Decorate the top with the dried banana slices and allow to set for 30 minutes.

Notes:
The center of this loaf always seems to sink in? With the decorations on top, you don’t notice, but it’s just something I was always frustrated about.

I would use the passionfruit seeds sparingly. It feels a bit disruptive to the texture and someone might think that they have broken a tooth!