ingredients:
100g dates
175g gluten free plain flour
2 tsp gf baking powder
half tsp bicarb of soda
half tsp sea salt
125g unsalted butter
100g dark brown sugar
2 large eggs
300g mashed ripe banana
60g chopped walnuts
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 tsp ground cinnamon
Method:
Preheat the oven to 170 deg C.
Put flour, baking powder, bicarb and salt into a bowl and combine. Melt the butter in a large saucepan and add the sugar - whisk together and then add the eggs one at a time, beating well. Add the banana, walnuts, dates, vanilla extract and cinnamon to the melted butter mixture and stir together. Add the banana mix to the flour mix a little at a time until all is well mixed. Pour the cake batter into your prepared 2LB loaf tin and bake in the oven for approx 45 mins until skewer comes out clean. Leave to cool on a rack.