Christmas Goodie Binge: Recipe One

Vegan Bananaberry Loaf

That's my bananaberry loaf on the side there.  Yep, made it myself, just by modifying a recipe I'd found in the December issue of The Healthy Food Guide.  Try making it for yourself, but -don't- make the mistake I did- forgetting to use baking powder and baking soda.   I only used baking powder.  Oh well, never said there was such a thing as a perfect chef.  Italics on the ingredient list below show the sections of the original recipe that I made changes to.


Ingredients:
2 cups plain high-grade white flour (alternatively, 2 cups Healtheries Gluten Free Baking Mix)
3/4 cups of sugar (or a measure-for-measure sweetner)
1 tspn baking powder
1 1/2 tspn baking soda
4 small ripe bananas, mashed up (alternatively, 3 small ripe bananas and one egg)
1/2 cup of light oil (e.g. rice bran)
1 1/2 tbsp water (or 1 1/2 tbsp trim milk)
1 cup mixed berries (fresh or frozen)

Method
1)  Preheat oven to 180 degrees C; in a bowl, mix together all dry ingredients- flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda

2) In a seperate bowl, mix together the wet ingredients; mashed bananas (and egg if being used), water, oil

3) Sift dry ingredients into the bowl with wet ingredients and mix; gently fold 1 cup of berries into the mixture

4) Pour mixture into a loaf tin (mine was approximately 20cm long x 5cm deep x 5cm wide) and fill 3/4s.  Bake for one hour at 180 degrees C.  The loaf is fully cooked when the knife comes out clean.