Banana and Cranberry Loaf

Cranberries from S'pore a pack specially sent in by Lesa, two about to rot bananas and the usual ingredients is all you need for this super, ultra moist loaf. It's simply easy to bake........

A big thank you to Binu, for wanting to click some pictures for me, and a big mention of another dear friend Chintu, for baby sitting my active little brat during the photo shoot.

Ingredients:

Self rising flour - 1 1/4cups

Brown sugar - 3/4cup

Baking powder - 1/2tsp

Bananas - 2 mashed

Chopped candied peel - 1/3cup [i used a mix of orange marmalade and pineapple preserve]

Mixed nuts - 2tbs

Orange juice - 5-6tbs

Dried Cranberries - 1/4cup

Eggs - 2 lightly beaten

Sunflower oil - 2/3cup

Grated rind of one orange

Icing Sugar - 3/4cup sifted

Preheat the oven to 180C. Grease a 900gms loaf pan with butter and line the base with parchment paper. Sift the flour and baking powder into a mixing bowl. Stir in sugar, bananas, chopped candied peel, nuts and cranberries. Stir in the orange juice, eggs and oil together until thoroughly blended. Add the mixture to the dry ingredients and mix well. Pour the mixture into the prepared pan and level the surface with a spatula. Bake in a preheated oven for about 1 hour, until firm to touch or until the skewer comes out clean. Turn out onto a wire rack and let it cool completely.

Mix the icing sugar with a little water and drizzle the frosting over the loaf. Sprinkle orange rind over the top. Let the frosting set before serving into slices.

Sending this in for the Cooking with Fruits Event hosted by Taste Buds.