Fruit Bread with Bananas

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
• 1 pinch Cinnamon powder
• 1 pinch clove powder
• 1 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. Toast the nuts and almonds in a hot pan without oil, then remove and let cool.

2. 2.

   Preheat the oven to 180°C with upper and lower heat.

3. 3.

   Beat butter with sugar and syrup until creamy, gradually add eggs with a pinch of salt. Mix flour with spices, baking powder, and ground walnuts; alternate adding milk and this dry mix into the butter mixture. Peel bananas, mash with a fork, and fold into the batter. Lightly dust the drained dried fruit and nuts with flour before folding them in.

4. 4.

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

5. 5.

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