Dessert

Banana, apple and blueberry loaf

Name: Banana, apple and blueberry loaf recipe
Cook time: 75 min
Total time: 75 min
Yield: 1 loaf (10 slices)
Ingredients: 1 vanilla bean, seeds scraped; 225g unsalted butter, softened; 1 cup (140g) coconut sugar; 2 ripe bananas, flesh mashed with a fork; 3 eggs; 2 apples, 1 grated, 1 thinly sliced; 125g blueberries, crushed with a fork; ½ cup (100g) rice flour; 3/4 cup (85g) coconut flour; 1 3/4 cup (175g) almond meal; 1/2 tsp bicarbonate of soda; 1/2 tsp baking powder; 1/4 cup (60ml) almond milk; 1/4 cup (90g) honey, plus extra to drizzle; 2 whole star anise; 1 tsp white peppercorns; 2 small cinnamon quills; 1/2 tsp cloves; Seeds from 2 tsp cardamom pods; 2 tsp juniper berries (optional); 1 pinch saffron threads; 1 tsp Murray River sea salt flakes

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1h 15m

1 loaf (10 slices)

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by Shannon Bennett

Chef

Feb 24, 2000

“Perfect for a lazy Friday – breakfast, lunch and dinner in one,” says Shannon Bennett.

1 vanilla bean, seeds scraped
225g unsalted butter, softened
1 cup (140g) coconut sugar
2 ripe bananas, flesh mashed with a fork
3 eggs
2 apples, 1 grated, 1 thinly sliced
125g blueberries, crushed with a fork
½ cup (100g) rice flour
3/4 cup (85g) coconut flour
1 3/4 cup (175g) almond meal
1/2 tsp bicarbonate of soda
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/4 cup (60ml) almond milk
1/4 cup (90g) honey, plus extra to drizzle

Spice powder

2 whole star anise
1 tsp white peppercorns
2 small cinnamon quills
1/2 tsp cloves
Seeds from 2 tsp cardamom pods
2 tsp juniper berries (optional)
1 pinch saffron threads
1 tsp Murray River sea salt flakes

Method

1.

Preheat oven to 180°C. For spice powder, place star anise, peppercorns, cinnamon, cloves and cardamom in a pan over medium heat and cook 1-2 minutes until fragrant. Place in mortar and pestle with the juniper berries, saffron and salt. Crush to a powder.
2.

In a stand mixer, beat vanilla, 200g butter and sugar. Add banana and eggs, one at a time. On low, add 1½ tsp spice powder, grated apple, blueberries, flours, almond meal, baking powder, bicarb, 1 tsp salt and almond milk. Beat until well combined.
3.

Pour into a greased 24x12cm loaf tin. Bake 1 hour 15 minutes or until skewer comes out clean.
4.

Put 25g butter and honey in a frypan over medium heat. Add apple slices. Cook 3-4 minutes, turning, until carmelised. Place on top of bread.
5.

Serve drizzled with honey.