Banana bread with figs and walnuts

Banana bread with figs and walnuts

Ingredients

• 1¾ cups flour
• 1 tbs baking powder
• 1 tbs ground cinnamon
• 125g butter, softened
• 1 cup dark brown sugar
• 1 drop vanilla paste
• 2 eggs
• 2 big bananas, mashed
• ¼ cup maple syrup
• ¾ cup walnuts, roughly chopped
• walnuts, to decorate
• ¼ cup dried figs, roughly chopped
• 2 fresh figs

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 160 C.
2. Place the butter, sugar and vanilla paste in an electric mixer and beat for quite a long time; 8–10 minutes or until pale and creamy. Scrape down the sides of the bowl sometimes to make sure everything will be incorporated.
3. Add the eggs one at a time and beat well to combine.
4. Add the mashed banana, flour, baking powder, cinnamon and maple syrup and let it mix until everything is incorporated.
5. Now fold in the walnuts and figs with a spatula.
6. Spoon the mixture into a lightly greased loaf tin lined with baking paper.
7. Cut one fig in half and press both sides cut side up into the batter and sprinkle some walnuts on top.
8. Bake for 70–75 minutes or until cooked through when tested with a skewer.
9. Let the banana bread cool a bit before turning it out.
10. Decorate with some more walnuts and fresh figs.

Read more at http://amsterdamfoodstories.com/2014/04/banana-bread-with-figs-and-walnuts/