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Banana And Pecan Fudge Loaf

Serves 8

Ingredients

  • 2 ripe bananas, mashed, about 200g peeled weight
  • 2 medium eggs, beaten
  • 100g butter, melted
  • 100g toffee yoghurt
  • 100g light muscovado sugar
  • 200g self-raising flour
  • ½ tsp baking powder
  • 100g pecan nuts, roughly chopped
  • 150g pack Werther’s chewy toffees, roughly chopped

Method

  1. Heat oven to 160ºC/140ºC fan.
  2. Butter and base line a 900g loaf tin.
  3. Mix the bananas, eggs, butter, yoghurt and sugar until combined. Sift the flour and baking powder together and fold into the mixture. Then fold in ¾ of the pecan nuts and ½ the toffees.
  4. Spoon the mixture into the tin and level the top. Sprinkle on the remaining nuts and toffees.
  5. Bake for 50-55 minutes until risen and feels springy. Cool in the tin, then remove and peel of the lining.
  6. Will keep, wrapped, in an airtight container for up to 3-4 days.