Banana Fruit Bread

Ingredients

• 100 g mixed dried fruit
• 50 g peeled whole hazelnuts
• 50 g peeled whole almonds
• 250 g butter
• 200 g brown sugar
• 1 tbsp beetroot syrup
• 4 eggs
• Salt
• 400 g flour
• a pinch cinnamon powder
• a pinch clove powder
• a pinch cardamom
• 1 packet baking powder
• 100 g ground walnuts
• 150 ml milk
• 2 Bananas
• flour (for dusting)
• butter (for the pan)

Instructions

1. 1.

   Soak the dried fruit in rum. Roast the hazelnuts and almonds in a hot, fat-free pan, remove them, and let them cool.

2. 2.

   Preheat the oven to 180°C (350°F) with upper and lower heat.

3. 3.

   Cream the butter with sugar and syrup, then gradually fold in the eggs with a pinch of salt. Mix the flour with spices, baking powder, and ground walnuts, then alternately stir into the butter mixture with milk. Peel and mash the bananas with a fork, adding them to the batter. Lightly dust the drained dried fruit and nuts with flour, then fold them into the batter.

4. 4.

   Pour the batter into a greased loaf pan, smooth the top, and bake in the preheated oven for about 1 hour, checking with a toothpick.

5. 5.

   Remove the finished banana fruit bread from the oven, let it cool briefly, release it from the pan, slice, and serve.