Dairy-free Banana and Cherry Loaf Cake

Makes 8-10 slices

This is a bit of a favourite in our house at the moment. Using up over-ripe bananas, no need for butter as it uses vegetable oil, and using frozen cherries to get little bursts of extra fruitiness.

It’s great to make with kids, as it’s an all-in-one method that just needs stirring together (another benefit of using oil over butter).

To make this a bit more naughty you could also add 100g of broken dark or white chocolate (dairy-free if required) to the mix at the same time as the cherries.

• Ingredients:
• 2 large/3 medium/4 small very ripe bananas, mashed
• 110g vegetable oil
• 60g caster sugar
• 170g self raising flour
• 2 large eggs, beaten
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 100g frozen pitted cherries

Step 1: In a large bowl, mix the bananas, oil, sugar, flour, eggs and vanilla together.

Step 2: Fold in the cherries.

Step 3: Pour into a lined 2lb loaf tin and bake in a preheated oven at 180c (fan) for 50 mins, or until golden, risen and springs back to the touch.

Step 6: Remove from the oven and allow to cool for half an hour before transferring (out of the tin) to a wire rack.

Store in an airtight container and it will
Last a few days.