Ingredients:
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/4 cup caster sugar
125 g butter
3 eggs
3 large ripe bananas
2 cups self-raising flour, scant (I used I cup plain flour & 1 cup wheat flour and added 11/4 tsp baking powder)
1/2 tsp nutmeg, freshly grated
1 tsp ground cinnamon
1 tsp vanilla extract (I used vanilla essence)
For the Compote
1/2 cup brown sugar
Juice of 2 oranges
Grated rind of 1 orange (I chopped it roughly and the taste and texture was great)
1 cinnamon stick
2 1/2 cup strawberries, thickly sliced
To serve
Mascarpone or plain yoghurt
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Preparation:
step 1
Preheat the oven to 180 degree Celsius or 350 degree Fahrenheit. Line the bottom of a 9 X 4 1/4 inch loaf pan with parchment paper.
Beat the sugars and butter in a bowl until light and fluffy. Add egg, one at a time and mix in vanilla extract.
step 2
Add flour, nutmeg, cinnamon and stir them till just combined
Pour the mixture in the pan prepared pan and bake till 1 hour to 11/4 hour. (Mine took just over an hour)
Bake until a skewer inserted into centre comes out clean. Remove from oven and let stand for 5 minutes and then remove from the pan.
step 3
For compote:
In a pan, add all the ingredients except the strawberries and cook on a medium heat and bring to a boil.
Add the strawberries and return to boil.
Remove from the heat and pour in a clean bowl.
step 4
To Serve
Slice the banana bread and spoon over the compote and serve with mascarpone or plain yoghurt. Dust with sifted confectioner?s sugar
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