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Banana bread for kids
A great recipe for using up ripe bananas...
- Difficulty: Easy
- Serves 8+
- Freezable
Preparation
- Total time
- 45 Mins
- Preparation time
- 15 Mins
- Cooking time
- 30 Mins
140g butter (plus extra for greasing), softened
140g caster sugar
2 eggs (large), beaten
140g self-raising flour
1 tsp baking powder
2 bananas (very ripe), mashed
Preheat oven to 180'C/Gas mark 4
Grease and line a loaf tin with baking paper
Cream the butter into the sugar, then gradually add the eggs and fold in the flour
Finally, add the baking powder and mashed bananas
Mix well and don't leave any lumps - they will sink to the bottom when you bake the bread
Pour the mixture into your lined loaf tin and bake for 30 minutes
After 30 minutes check it is ready by inserting a clean skewer - if it comes out clean it's ready, if it comes out dirty put the banana bread back in the over for 5 more minutes
When it's ready, leave to cool in the tin for 10 minutes before transferring to a wire rack
You will need
2lb loaf tin - This one from MasterClass is just what you need and you can get it at Amazon for £6.04.
Hand blender/ masher - Perfect for preparing individual portions of purees, this handheld blender from Bosch comes with a detachable whisk, glass and chopper and it's available at Amazon for £45.
Tips
Softer bananas make better bread
Variations
Reviews
Karen M(9)
★★★★★ Rated 5 out of 5 stars.I’ve used this recipe again and again. So good but it’s doesn’t last very long - too delicious
Reviewed on 07/06/22
Sarah B(105)
★★★★★ Rated 5 out of 5 stars.I love banana bread!
Reviewed on 15/04/21
Guest
★★★★☆ Rated 4 out of 5 stars.I don't usually like banana bread but I had a few ripe bananas that needed using up. This was delicious!
Reviewed on 16/05/16
Guest
★★★★☆ Rated 4 out of 5 stars.This is a very yummy recipe
Reviewed on 30/11/15
Natalie G(345)
★★★★☆ Rated 4 out of 5 stars.Great recipe and a way of adding the health benefits of bananas into your children's treats especially if they dislike eating banana's on their own. Adding walnuts to the mix also adds taste, texture and protein. Great after school treat to sustain children until dinner time, especially if you serve dinner a bit later as you have to wait for other members of the household to arrive home
Reviewed on 29/11/15
Guest
★★★★★ Rated 5 out of 5 stars.This is a fantastic recipe I would really recommend it. My mother used to make a gorgeous banana loaf which we all begged her to make on a weekly basis and I did have the recipe written down but lost it and Mum is no longer with us so I was keen to try this one. The finished loaf did not disappoint it was just as good as my mothers so now I expect its me thats going to be begged to make it all the time!.
Reviewed on 18/11/15
Guest
★★★★★ Rated 5 out of 5 stars.Great receipe. The kids loved it :)
Reviewed on 08/11/15
Guest
★★★☆☆ Rated 3 out of 5 stars.Ill keep trying!!!!
Reviewed on 08/11/15
Lydia G(46)
★★★★☆ Rated 4 out of 5 stars.A lovely recipe. I thought it needed a bit more texture so I added almonds and walnuts to it.
Reviewed on 05/11/15
Guest
★★★★★ Rated 5 out of 5 stars.Great to use up ripe bananas that your child refuses to eat otherwise!
Reviewed on 28/10/15
Guest
★★★★★ Rated 5 out of 5 stars.Great,simple recipe and very yummy result :-)
Reviewed on 27/10/15
Guest
★★★★★ Rated 5 out of 5 stars.This recipe is the best banana bread recipe I have tried!!its lovely and moist,simple to bake and I even added chopped walnuts to the mixture for extra taste!Perfecto!!
Reviewed on 22/10/15
Guest
★★★★★ Rated 5 out of 5 stars.can't cook, but have made this and everyone loves it - RESULT
Reviewed on 12/10/15
Guest
★★★★☆ Rated 4 out of 5 stars.So easy - and the perfect way to use over-ripe, or bruised bananas.
Reviewed on 09/10/15
Guest
★★★★☆ Rated 4 out of 5 stars.Easy recipe, my husband loves it with some walnuts added in
Reviewed on 04/09/15
Guest
★★★★★ Rated 5 out of 5 stars.YUMMY
Reviewed on 19/08/15
Guest
★★★★★ Rated 5 out of 5 stars.Fab, even my mum loves this and she is hard to please, I only put 60g sugar in it tho and it was sweet enough
Reviewed on 12/08/15
Lorraine J(10)
★★★★☆ Rated 4 out of 5 stars.A big hit with my son
Reviewed on 02/08/15
Katherine F(73)
★★★★★ Rated 5 out of 5 stars.So easy to make, and a simply way to use up bananas
Reviewed on 11/07/15
Guest
★★★★★ Rated 5 out of 5 stars.This recipe is incredibly easy! The loaf turned out so moist and delicious! Will definitely be making it again - perhaps with the addition of some chocolate chips?!
Reviewed on 09/07/15
Jackie A
★★★★★ Rated 5 out of 5 stars.A delicious way to use up the grotty bananas in the fruit bowl. I bake individually in muffin cases and my boys sometimes have them for breakfast with yoghurt and a glass of milk. If no one has nut allergies chop up some walnuts and add to the mixture - yummy.
Reviewed on 30/04/15
Guest
★★★★★ Rated 5 out of 5 stars.So easy and absolutely delicious!
Reviewed on 21/04/15
Guest
★★★★☆ Rated 4 out of 5 stars.Made this with my daughters as we had lots of brown banana's so we did double the recipe! It was delicious, we used 50g less sugar and one extra banana which made it nice and moist as most banana breads we have made in the past end up dry - thankfully it worked - the girls love it (as does Daddy!!!).
Reviewed on 21/04/15
Guest
★★★★☆ Rated 4 out of 5 stars.easy recipe to follow, goes lovely with a cup of tea :-)
Reviewed on 12/04/15
Guest
★★★★★ Rated 5 out of 5 stars.This is a brilliant way to use up over ripe bananas. Kids love it and I feel better knowing they are getting a little fruit as well as a sweet treat
Reviewed on 06/04/15
Guest
★★★★★ Rated 5 out of 5 stars.This is a brilliant way to use up over ripe bananas. Kids love it and I feel better knowing they are getting a little fruit as well as a sweet treat
Reviewed on 06/04/15
Guest
★★★★★ Rated 5 out of 5 stars.This is a wonderful recipe so yummy
Reviewed on 04/04/15
Guest
★★★★☆ Rated 4 out of 5 stars.Great recipe, add some walnuts and it's even better!
Reviewed on 15/03/15
Guest
★★★★★ Rated 5 out of 5 stars.Gorgeously moist & moorish x
Reviewed on 09/03/15
Guest
★★★★★ Rated 5 out of 5 stars.Delicious banana bread, a real winner with the kids after school. I added some raisins to mine before the final mix. Only downside it's not helping my diet at all!
Reviewed on 06/03/15
Guest
★★★★★ Rated 5 out of 5 stars.I baked this last week, and it went down so well with all the family, although I did lengthen the cooking time after checking if it was baked at the time given, light and moist, delicious x
Reviewed on 03/03/15
Guest
★★★★★ Rated 5 out of 5 stars.we love this banana bread recipe, so easy & quick and absolutely scrummy!
Reviewed on 02/03/15
Mary H(299)
★★★★☆ Rated 4 out of 5 stars.This is delicious and an excellent way of using up over ripe bananas
Reviewed on 02/03/15
Isabelle P(30)
★★★★★ Rated 5 out of 5 stars.Very nice and easy bake. Never lasts long in my house and I'm sure that a couple of bananas are deliberatly left at the bottom of the fruit bowl so I have to make this. For an extra treat you can always add a couple of handfulls of chocolate chips to the recipe.
Reviewed on 23/02/15
Guest
★★★★★ Rated 5 out of 5 stars.Lovely, family favourite!
Reviewed on 16/02/15
Guest
★★★★★ Rated 5 out of 5 stars.Really Easy!
Reviewed on 05/02/15
Guest
★★★★★ Rated 5 out of 5 stars.Absolutely delicious (good toasted and spead with butter too for that extra calorific kick) !
Reviewed on 05/02/15
Guest
★★★★☆ Rated 4 out of 5 stars.Yummy!
Reviewed on 03/02/15
Guest
★★★★☆ Rated 4 out of 5 stars.Great way to us up bananas! The whole family enjoyed it!
Reviewed on 28/01/15
tony l(9)
★★★★★ Rated 5 out of 5 stars.used this for my first attempt at banana bread as we had a number of "past their prime" bananas, was easy to do and tasted very nicer indeed.
Reviewed on 27/01/15
Kate L(530)
★★★★★ Rated 5 out of 5 stars.Lovely!
Reviewed on 27/01/15
