Nutella Banana Bread

Makes 12 slices

This loaf is what happens when you have an uneaten jar of Nutella in the pantry and some very brown looking bananas in the fruit bowl. It’s a sad state of affairs, I have to say, but this bread makes for a very happy and a very delicious ending.

This bread is made with yoghurt so it’s marvellously moist and gloriously light which makes it a treat to eat and sets it apart from other banana breads. Plus it has value added Nutella, which let’s face it, makes everything better, even a loaf as delicious as this!

If you like banana bread and you like Nutella, I think you’re going to love this! It might even win over hardcore banana-phobes, it certainly was well received by my banana-phobe in residence. It’s the only banana bread he’ll eat!

Ingredients – Traditional

250g peeled ripe bananas – about 2 large or 3 medium

90g butter, melted

2 eggs

170g Greek yoghurt

2 teaspoons vanilla

1 teaspoon salt

300g plain flour

1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda

115g caster sugar

45g brown sugar

120g Nutella

How to – Traditional

1. Preheat oven to 180C / 160C fan-forced. Grease  a loaf tin and line the base.
2. Roughly mash the bananas with a fork – there should still be some lumpy bits – and mix with the melted butter.
3. Add the eggs, yoghurt and vanilla and mix until combined.
4. In a separate bow, mix the flour, salt and sugar in a mixing bowl.
5. Gently fold the dry ingredients into the wet.
6. Melt the Nutella in the microwave for 20 seconds.
7. Transfer half the batter into the prepared tin and drizzle half the Nutella over the top, using a knife to create swirls. Then add the remaining batter and top with the rest of the Nutella. Again, use a knife to create the swirls.
8. Bake in the preheated oven for about an hour until the loaf is a lovely golden brown and a cake tester inserted into the centre comes out clean. If the loaf is getting a little too brown for your liking, loosely cover with foil.
9. Leave to cool for 5 minutes , then turn out onto a wire rack and leave to cool before slicing. Store in an airtight container.

Ingredients – Thermomix

115 g raw sugar

90g butter

2 eggs

250g peeled ripe bananas – about 2 large or 3 medium

170g Greek yoghurt

2 teaspoons vanilla

1 teaspoon salt

300g plain flour

1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda

45g brown sugar

120g Nutella

How to – Thermomix

1. Preheat oven to 180C / 160C fan-forced. Grease  a loaf tin and line the base.
2. Mill the sugar for 4 seconds  on speed 9. Set aside.
3. Melt the butter for 2 minutes  at 60C on speed 2. Check that butter has completely melted and allow to cool for a few minutes.
4. Add the eggs and mix for 5 seconds on speed 4.
5. Add the banana and chop for 3 seconds on speed 4. I like it chunky rather than pulpy.
6. Add all the other ingredients, except for the Nutella and mix for 10 seconds on speed 5. 
7. Scrape down sides of bowl and mix for another 5 seconds  on speed 5.
8. Melt the Nutella in the microwave for 20 seconds.
9. Transfer half the batter into the prepared tin and drizzle half the Nutella over the top, using a knife to create swirls. Then add the remaining batter and top with the rest of the Nutella. Again, use a knife to create the swirls.
10. Bake in the preheated oven for about an hour until the loaf is a lovely golden brown and a cake tester inserted into the centre comes out clean. If the loaf is getting a little too brown for your liking, loosely cover with foil.
11. Leave to cool for 5 minutes , then turn out onto a wire rack and leave to cool before slicing. Store in an airtight container.