Banana and Raisin Bread
Banana and Raisin Bread

Hello everybody, it is Louise, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a distinctive dish, banana and raisin bread. One of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Banana and Raisin Bread is one of the most popular of recent trending meals on earth. It is appreciated by millions every day. It’s simple, it is fast, it tastes delicious. They are nice and they look fantastic. Banana and Raisin Bread is something that I’ve loved my entire life.

To get started with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook banana and raisin bread using 11 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Banana and Raisin Bread:
  1. Make ready 120 g salted butter, softened to room temperature
  2. Take 150 g dark brown sugar
  3. Get 1 tsp baking powder
  4. Get 1/4 tsp salt
  5. Prepare 2 egg at room temperature (1 egg if using 10 bananas)
  6. Take 150 g raisins
  7. Take 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
  8. Make ready 1 tbsp vanilla extract
  9. Prepare 250 g cups of plain flour
  10. Prepare 8-10 ripe medium bananas, mashed (approx 250g)
  11. Get 90 g cream cheese
Instructions to make Banana and Raisin Bread:
  1. Preheat oven to 180c.
  2. Grease a 20cm spring form tin with butter or spray, alternatively use a loaf tin. Set aside.
  3. Whisk the flour, salt, cinnamon and baking powder together in a large bowl.
  4. Using and electric mixer beat the butter and sugar together on a high speed until it forms a creamy mixture.
  5. On a medium to low speed, beat in the eggs on at a time.
  6. Next beat in the cream cheese, bananas and vanilla extract until combined.
  7. Now on a low speed, beat in the dry ingredients carefully. Don't over mix but make sure its fully combined.
  8. Lastly fold in the raisins.
  9. Spoon the mixture into the pan and cover with foil then transfer into the oven. Remove the foil after 30 minutes and bake uncovered for a further 30 minutes (times may vary). I used a toothpick to check if it was done and I believe mine did need slightly longer then the recommended 60 minutes cooking time.
  10. Remove the bread from the oven and allow to completely cool in the pan before removing it.
  11. It can be stored in the fridge for up to 1 week or 2 days covered and stored at room temperature.

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