A festive bake to make with the cranberries studded makes it a delight. Easy to whip up and because it has bananas the cake is moist. A regular banana loaf can be sort of boring but this one adds a little to the texture with bursts of cranberries and mixed peel coming through. It’s also a wee bit zingy with the dash of orange juice. Perfect for the holiday season!
INGREDIENTS
- Self- rising flour – 1 1/4 cups
- Brown sugar – 3/4 cup
- Baking powder – 1/2 teaspoon
- Bananas – 2 mashed
- Chopped candied peel – 1/3 cup
- Mixed nuts – 2 tablespoon
- Orange juice – 5 – 6 tablespoon
- Dried Cranberries – 1/4 cup
- Eggs – 2 lightly beaten
- Any non- flavoured oil – 2/3 cup (canola, vegetable oil)
- Grated rind of orange – 1 whole orange
- Icing Sugar – 3/4 cup sifted
Steps to make the batter:
Preheat the oven to 180 C. Grease a 9 inch loaf pan with butter and line the base with parchment paper. Sift the flour and baking powder into a mixing bowl. Into a another mixing bowl add sugar, bananas, chopped candied peel, nuts and cranberries and fold. Stir in the orange juice, eggs and oil together until thoroughly blended. Add this wet mixture to the flour and baking powder and fold well. Pour the mixture into the prepared pan and level the surface with a spatula. Bake in a preheated oven for about 1 hour, until firm to touch or until the skewer comes out clean. Turn out onto a wire rack and let it cool completely.
Steps to make the icing
Mix the icing sugar with a little water and drizzle the frosting over the loaf. Sprinkle orange rind over the top. Let the frosting set before serving into slices.
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