Banana Loaf

Back in the mid-1800s, bananas from the Caribbean were seen as a rare and exotic fruit, coming all the way to the UK and Europe across the Atlantic Ocean in what came to be known as ‘banana boats’. In the 20th century, though (with brief respites for the World Wars), bananas became a weekly feature of everyone’s food bowls and they started appearing in all sorts of baking recipes. For the tastiest banana loaf - some call it banana bread - use the ripest bananas you have; the skins should be