妈妈的最爱～Wholewheat Banana Nuts Loaf

My mummy always crave for the Signature Homemade Carrot Cake from The Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf, and claim that the one at MidValley branch is the best. The texture and the ingredient of the cake is just so rich! It would be even perfect if it is less sweet. 

 Wholewheat Banana Nuts Loaf

So, whenever i have the time to bake when back at home, i will try my best to prepare her favorite wholewheat banana nuts loaf. This is no ordinary banana cake as compared to those usually sell at the bakery or stalls. The skin of the banana loaf is a bit crunchy and you can either layered with chopped walnuts  or cashew nuts. Inside, the cake is just so moist and soft, packed with lots of chopped walnuts and the taste of cinnamon is just so good!  

I did improvise the recipe a bit, cutting down the castor sugar to just 90g and avoid the vanilla essence to make sure it is healthy, natural and not too sweet for my parents. I think i have made this cake more than 5 times since my first trial half year ago, which means nearly one loaf each month, lol~

My mummy will always eagerly walking in and out the kitchen peeping through the oven when the banana loaf is baking. Just imagine the feeling of being surrounding with warm banana and cinnamon smell, it was just so good to be at home! At this time, mummy will start to prepare her tea and waiting anxiously for her freshly baked banana loaf out from oven. She always haven't have enough for this cake and ask for more! 

Wholewheat Banana Nuts Loaf

What you will need:

115g butter
110g castor sugar (or 90g if you prefer not too sweet)
2 eggs
115g plain flour
55g wholewheat flour
1 tsp soda bicarbonate
1/8 tsp salt
1 tsp ground cinnamon
3 large ripe bananas
55g chopped walnuts
1 tsp vanilla essence (optional)

Preparation time: around 30 minutes.

1. Preheat oven at 170 deg C, line bottom and sides of loaf tin with greaseproof paper and grease the paper.
2. Cream the butter and sugar together until light and fluffy.
3. Add egg one at a time, beating well after each addition.
4. Sift the plain flour, soda bicarbonate, salt and cinnamon over the butter mixture and stir to blend.
5. Stir in the wholewheat flour.
6. Mash the bananas to a puree, stir into the mixture. stir in nuts and vanilla essence (optional).
7. Pour the mixture into prepared tin and spread level.
8. Bake until skewer/toothpick inserted in the centre comes out clean, 45-60 mins. let stand 10 mins before transferring to a rack.

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