Today I am going to post a recipe for a beautifully home-baked banana loaf with a light cream cheese frosting. This is a great accompaniment with tea or coffee, You can modify the recipe to adjust the amount of sweetness as desired. I have used a light cream cheese for preparing the frosting. If you like richness, you can use a full-cream cheese.
Ingredients for banana loaf:
- 100g unsalted butter, softened
- 4-5 tablespoon sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon powder or to taste
- 1 teaspoon grated lemon zest
- 2 medium bananas, peeled
- 1 and 1/2 cup self-raising flour
- 1/2 cup milk
- 250g light cream cheese, room temperature
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- 3 tablespoon sugar or to taste
- Cut bananas into 2-inch pieces. Mash the banana pieces using the back of a fork.
- Cream butter and sugar in a mixing bowl using an electric mixer until the sugar dissolves well.
- Add 1 egg at a time and continue mixing.
- Add cinnamon, lemon zest and mashed banana. Gradually add self-raising flour and milk alternatively while mixing.
- Pour the mixture into a lightly greased loaf pan.
- Bake in a pre-heated oven of 180°C for about 40-45 minutes or until the top is golden brown.
- Remove from the oven. Take the loaf out of the pan and cool it on a wire rack.
- While the loaf is being cooled, start preparing the frosting.
- In a bowl, put the light cream cheese. Using an electric mixer, beat the cream cheese until it is light and fluffy.
- Add sugar and lemon juice. Mix it until the sugar is dissolved.
- Before frosting the loaf, make sure the top of the loaf is smooth and even for the best result.
- Put the frosting in the middle of the loaf and spread it evenly on the top and on all sides.
- Decorate as desired. I simply sprinkled cinnamon and cocoa powder on top.
- Put it inside the fridge and let it set for at least 2-3 hours before serving.
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