Banana and Pecan Teabread

Name: Banana and Pecan Teabread
Yield: Makes 1 Teabread
Ingredients: 2 large eggs, lightly beaten; 65 g/2½ oz/generous ½ cup pecan nuts, chopped; 3 eggs, lightly beaten; 200 g/7 oz peeled ripe bananas; 115 g/4 oz/½ cup butter, softened; 75 g/3 oz/¾ cup pecan nuts, chopped; 2 eggs, lightly beaten; 30 ml/2 tbsp banana or apricot jam, melted; 15 ml/1 tbsp banana or apricot jam, melted; 100 g/3½ oz/7 tbsp butter, softened; 2.5 ml/½ tsp baking powder; 200 g/7 oz/1 cup caster sugar; 85 ml/3 fl oz/6 tbsp buttermilk; 100 g/3½ oz/generous ½ cup sultanas (golden raisins); 2.5 ml/½ tsp freshly grated nutmeg; 5 ml/1 tsp freshly grated nutmeg; 140 g/5 oz/scant 1 cup sultanas; 75 g/3 oz/6 tbsp butter, softened; 175 g/6 oz/⅞ cup caster sugar; 1.5 ml/¼ tsp baking powder; 30 ml/2 tbsp banana chips; 175 g/6 oz/1½ cups self-raising (self-rising) flour, sifted; 150 g/5½ oz peeled ripe bananas; 225 g/8 oz/2 cups self-raising flour, sifted; 70 ml/2½ fl oz/5 tbsp buttermilk; 100 ml/3½ fl oz/7 tbsp buttermilk; 15 ml/1 tbsp banana chips; 125 g/4½ oz/⅔ cup sultanas; 200 g/7 oz/1¾ cups self-raising flour, sifted; 150 g/5½ oz/generous ¾ cup caster (superfine) sugar

Preparation info

Makes
1
Teabread

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

The Ultimate Bread Machine Cookbook

By Jennie Shapter

Published 2010

About

This moist, light teabread is flavoured with banana, lightly spiced with nutmeg and studded with sultanas and pecan nuts. Weigh the bananas after peeling them — it is important to use the precise quantities given.

Ingredients

Small

75 g/3 oz/6 tbsp butter, softened
150

Cake
Vegetarian

Method

Remove the kneading blade from the bread pan, if detachable. Line the base of the pan with baking parchment.
Cream the butter and caster sugar in a mixing bowl until pale and fluffy. Gradually beat in the eggs, beating well after each addition, and adding a little of the flour if the mixture starts to curdle.
Mash the bananas until co