Mary Berry is the queen of baking, with recipes as simple and accessible as they are delicious.
And this banana bread is one of her simplest — it takes just one hour to bake, and all you need to do before hand is weigh and mix a handful of ingredients.
And those who have tried it love it, with reviewers on the BBC Good Food website giving it 4.5 out of five stars and those on the Happy Foodie website giving it full marks and describing it as a “quick and easy” recipe with a “delicious result”. Another said it was the “best banana bread I have ever made”.
Banana bread is a great midweek recipe for lots of reasons. It can be eaten as a snack or as breakfast, it has the goodness of the bananas in it so you benefit from that (though there is, of course, also a lot of sugar and butter), and because it’s homemade it has none of the ultra-processed (UPF) ingredients you will almost inevitably find in shop-bought baked goods.
You can read what happened when I gave up ultra-processed foods here.
To make Mary Berry’s banana bread, you will need a 900g (2lb) loaf tin, with a base measurement of 17x9x9cm.
- 100g (4oz) butter, softened
- 175g (6oz) caster sugar
- Two eggs
- Two ripe bananas, mashed
- 225g (8oz) self-raising flour
- One tsp baking powder
- Two tbsp milk
