Sticky Date Banana Bread
Recipe: #33150
August 15, 2019
"From our weekday newspaper The West Australian. Times are estimated. NOTE full name of recipe is Sticky Dat Banana Bread With Salted Caramel."
Ingredients
Nutritional
- Serving Size: 1 (260.9 g)
- Calories 724.4
- Total Fat - 39.7 g
- Saturated Fat - 19.8 g
- Cholesterol - 311.4 mg
- Sodium - 357.2 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 85.1 g
- Dietary Fiber - 6.4 g
- Sugars - 54.2 g
- Protein - 14 g
- Calcium - 93.6 mg
- Iron - 2.7 mg
- Vitamin C - 5.2 mg
- Thiamin - 0.3 mg
Step by Step Method
Step 1
Grease a large loaf pan (top measures 14cm x 24cm) and line base and sides with baking paper, extending paper 3cm above the sides of pan.
Step 2
Place dates, butter, sugar and 1/2 cup water in a large saucepan and stir over a medium heat until butter is melted and then bring to boil and gently boil for 1 minute.
Step 3
Remove from the heat and stir in soda and then let stand for 15 minutes to cool slightly and then stir in eggs and mashed banana.
Step 4
Sift flours and cinnamon into a large bowl and sake a well in the centre and add date mixture and stir with a wooden spoon until combined and then spoon into prepared pan.
Step 5
Arrange halved banana on top of cake mixture and sprinkle with macadamias.
Step 6
Cook in a moderately slow oven (160C) for about 1 hour, or until cooked when tested with a skewer.
Step 7
Remove from oven and stand in pan for 20 minutes and then turn onto a wire rack to cool.
Step 8
To make caramel, stir sugar and cream in a large saucepan over a medium heat until sugar is dissolved and then bring to boil and gently boil, stirring occasionally, for about 10 minutes, or until slightly thickened.
Step 9
Remove from heat and stir in salt and st aside for 45 minutes, or until thickened.
Step 10
Serve sliced banana bread with warm salted caramel and ice-cream.
Tips
No special items needed.