BANANA BREAD

Preheat your oven to 180 deg C . Grease a loaf pan and lightly sprinkle with fine polenta . In a small bowl beat together 2 eggs ( room temp ),1 dsp of vanilla extract . in a medium bowl mix together 300gm of plain flour with 1 tsp of baking powder and 1/4 tsp of table salt . Mash 5 small ripe bananas ( 550g ,peeled ). Measure out 75 gm of granulated nuts in a small dish . Finally measure out 115 gm of room temp butter/ marg and place in the bowl of your electric mixer along with 100gm of golden castor sugar . Beat until light and fluffy . Then add in the combined flour mixture and the egg and vanilla mixture . Mix until just combined . Now mix in the mashed bananas , finally fold through the granulated nuts . Pour the batter into the prepared pan and bake in the preheated for 55 minutes or until cooked through , you can check this by inserting a skewer at an angle , if the banana bread is cooked the skewer will come out clean . CREAM CHEESE ICING ..... Use your electric mixer to mix together 250gm of cream cheese with 1 cup of icing sugar and 1 dsp of vanilla extract to a spreadable consistency . Spread the icing over the top of the bread (scatter with granulated nuts )optional .