Banana Caramel Loaf

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 45 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 2 cups self-raising flour
• 1/2 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
• 1 cup brown sugar, firmly packed
• 3/4 cup buttermilk
• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 bananas, large & ripe & mashed (you need 1 cup)
• 1/2 cup firmly packed brown sugar
• 50 g butter, chopped
• 2 tablespoons milk
• 1/2 cup powdered sugar icing

Recipe

• 1 preheat the oven to 170c/150c fan-forced.
• 2 lightly grease a 6cm-deep, 10cm x 20cm (base) loaf pan. line the base and sides with baking paper, allowing a 2cm overhang at long ends.
• 3 sift flour and bicarbonate of soda into a bowl, add sugar and stir to combine. place milk, eggs and vanilla in a jug and whisk to combine.
• 4 fold milk mixture and banana into flour mixture and pour into a prepared pan.
• 5 bake for 1 hour to 1 hour 15 minutes or until a skewer inserted in the centre of the cake comes out clean.
• 6 stand cake in pan for 10 minutes.
• 7 turn out on to a wire rack to cool.
• 8 to make the icing: place the brown sugar, butter and milk in a saucepan over low heat. cook, stirring, for 2 minutes (don't boil) or until sugar dissolves. increase the heat to medium. and bring to boil.
• 9 reduce heat to low. and cook for 2 to 3 minutes or until slightly thickened.
• 10 remove from heat. stir in icing sugar until smooth.
• 11 cool for 10 minutes the spread loaf with icing.