Dairy Lactose Free Banana Nut Loaf Bread

Total Time: 1 hr 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• 125 g butter (diary-free, nuttelex, willow run etc)
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 3 eggs
• 1 1/2 cups wholemeal self-rising flour
• 1/2 cup desiccated coconut
• 2/3 cup banana (very ripe, mashed)
• 1/2 cup orange juice
• 1 tablespoon brown sugar
• 2 tablespoons desiccated coconut
• 1/3 cup unsalted macadamia nuts (roasted, chopped)
• 1/2 teaspoon allspice

Recipe

• 1 preheat the oven to moderate (180c). grease a 14cm x 21cm x 7cm loaf tin and line the base with baking paper.
• 2 combine the butter, 1 cup sugar, eggs, flour, 1/2 cup coconut, banana and orange juice in a bowl and beat with electric beaters on low until well combined. increase the speed to medium and beat for about 2 minutes more, or until the mixture is smooth and has changed colour.
• 3 in a seperate bowl combine all the ingredients for the nut mixture.
• 4 spoon half the banana bread mixture into the tin.
• 5 sprinkle with half the nut mixture. top with the remaining cake mixture, smooth the surface and sprinkle with the remaining nut mixture.
• 6 bake for 1 hour, or until a skewer comes out clean when inserted in the centre.
• 7 tip: you may need to cover the cake loosely with foil during cooking if the top starts to brown too much.