{"id":1811,"date":"2013-07-01T15:54:47","date_gmt":"2013-07-01T15:54:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.suppersfromscratch.com\/?p=1811"},"modified":"2013-09-12T16:14:23","modified_gmt":"2013-09-12T16:14:23","slug":"banana-chocolate-chip-and-hazelnut-loaf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.suppersfromscratch.com\/?p=1811","title":{"rendered":"Banana, chocolate chip and hazelnut loaf"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Banana<\/p>\n

This week I had to do some last minute baking. You know the sort, where you pull something together in a limited time, based on what you have in your house. I love doing this, as I always seem to find new recipes, exciting combos and usually wind up making something I have never made before.<\/span><\/p>\n

This week it came in the form of banana, chocolate chip and hazelnut loaf. I know banana and chocolate are a classic combo so I am not really doing anything too revolutionary, but I always use walnuts when baking banana bread or cake. So when I found I didn\u2019t have any in stock, but had a whole load of roasted hazelnuts, the choice was obvious \u2013 why go to the supermarket when I could use up what I had.<\/span><\/p>\n

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So that is exactly what I did.<\/span><\/p>\n

I also transformed my icing for this loaf by using goats butter. Recently I have been trying to cut down of the amount of dairy I am consuming, or looking for alternatives to cows milk. As a result I have a few goats milk products lying around the kitchen \u2013 one of which was this goats butter.\u00a0<\/span>I was a bit nervous using it to make icing as I didn’t know how it would effect the flavour of the icing, but it turns out it was delicious. Another great discovery. (Apologies that I don’t have photos of this iced \u2013 I was rushing out the house and didn’t get time to take photos \u2013 Sorry!)<\/span><\/p>\n

So when you are next stuck for something to bake, or just want to use up a few store cupboard ingredients and brown bananas \u2013 why not try your own adaptation of this.<\/span><\/p>\n

Banana, chocolate chip and hazelnut loaf<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Ingredients<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

6oz butter<\/span>
\n 6oz caster sugar<\/span>
\n 3 eggs<\/span>
\n 3 ripe bananas mashed<\/span>
\n 8oz self raising flour<\/span>
\n 3oz chocolate chopped into chunks<\/span><\/p>\n

Icing<\/span><\/p>\n

2oz butter<\/span>
\n 4oz Icing sugar<\/span>
\n 1tsp vanilla extract<\/span>
\n hazelnuts to sprinkle over the top<\/span><\/p>\n

Method<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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  1. Preheat the oven to 180C degrees<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. Cream the butter and sugar together<\/span><\/li>\n
  3. beat the eggs until they are light and fluffy and combine into the creamed butter mix<\/span><\/li>\n
  4. Add most of the flour \u2013 leaving a little aside to add later<\/span><\/li>\n
  5. Next mix in the mashed banana and add the rest of the flour<\/span><\/li>\n
  6. Stir in the chopped chocolate, or any other store cupboard finds<\/span><\/li>\n
  7. Pour into a loaf tin and bake in the oven for 35 mins or until fully cooked ( to check simply Insert a kebab skewer or another sharp object into the cake \u2013 if it come out clean it is cooked \u2013 if not leave it another 5 mins)<\/span><\/li>\n
  8. Remove from the oven and leave to cool<\/span><\/li>\n
  9. For the icing, mix the butter and icing sugar together until creamy<\/span><\/li>\n
  10. Add the vanilla extract and a dash of water if needs be to loosen the cake<\/span><\/li>\n
  11. If the icing is too runny, a bit more icing sugar, if it is too solid, add some more water<\/span><\/li>\n
  12. Remove your loaf from the pan, Ice your loaf and then sprinkle your chosen nut on top!<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    \"Banana<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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