BANANA NUT LOAF

Preheat your oven to 180 deg C. Grease a 9"loaf pan with cooking spray . In the bowl of your mixer, beat together 140 gm of raw castor sugar , 56gm of ( room temp) butter/ marg and 3 lightly beaten eggs . Beat until light and doubled in size . In a separate bowl mash together 4 bananas and then add them to the egg mixture and beat to incorporate . Mix together 2 cups of flour with 1 tsp of baking powder , 1/2 tsp of salt , 1/4 tsp of bi carb of soda and finally 1 cup of granulated nuts . Add the dry ingredient mix to the banana mixture and lightly beat . Pour the batter into the prepared pan . Bake for 1 hour or until a skewer inserted in the centre of the loaf comes out clean. Turn the loaf out onto a wire rack and allow to fully cool before slicing .