Name: Banana peel breakfast cake
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 1 h
Total time: 1 h 25 min
Yield: 12
Ingredients: 125g salted butter softened, plus extra for the tin; 4 very ripe bananas; 200g golden caster sugar; 2 eggs beaten; 2 tsp vanilla extract; 100ml Greek-style yogurt; 300g white spelt flour or plain flour; ½ tsp baking powder; ½ tsp bicarbonate of soda; 75g walnuts roughly chopped; 100g salted butter softened; 3 tbsp runny honey; 3 tbsp smooth peanut butter

Banana peel breakfast cake

Use every part of the banana, including the peel, in this clever breakfast loaf. It’s delicious without the whipped butter too – toast and eat with yogurt

1 hr 25 min total 25 min prep 1 hr cook 12 430 cal

Instructions

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1 Heat the oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4. Butter and line a 900g loaf tin. Trim the ends of the bananas and discard. Roughly chop the bananas, peel and all. Place in a food processor or blender and blitz until smooth. Tip into a bowl and set aside.
2 Using an electric hand whisk or stand mixer, beat together the butter and sugar with a pinch of salt until light and creamy, around 4-5 mins. Beat in the eggs, one at a time, then add the vanilla, yogurt and banana. Mix in the flour, baking powder and bicarb until combined. Fold through the walnuts and gently spoon the batter into the prepared tin. Bake for 50-60 mins until a skewer inserted into the middle comes out clean. Transfer to a wire rack and leave to cool in the tin for 15 mins before removing from the tin and leaving to cool completely.
3 For the honey peanut butter, beat all the ingredients together using an electric hand whisk or stand mixer until creamy. Cut the cake into slices and spread over the butter. The butter and cake will keep in airtight containers for five days.