Banana, Rum, Pepper Berry & Wattle Seed Bread

15 minutes

60 minutes

10

Ingredients

4 overripe bananas, mashed (400 g)
1 2/3 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 tsp salt
2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp salt
1/2 cup melted butter
3 tbsp sour cream or plain yogurt
2/3 cups brown sugar
2 large eggs
1/4 cup The Spice People’s Ground Wattle Seed
1 tsp The Spice People’s Pepper Berries Whole (grind the whole berries in a mortar and pestle)
2 1/2 tbsp dark rum
1/3 cup of chocolate buttons
1 tsp vanilla extract

Preheat your oven to 180°C. Mash your bananas in a large bowl using a fork until soft and mushy. In a separate medium-sized bowl, put the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt and combine well.
To the bananas, add the melted butter, sour cream or yogurt, and sugar and mix with a wooden spoon until blended well. Add the eggs one at a time and keep mixing well. Stir in the walnuts, wattleseed, pepperberry, dark rum and vanilla extract.
Add the flour mixture a third at a time, folding in with the wooden spoon after each batch – Be sure not to overwork the mixture too much to keep it nice and light and moist, fold through gently until just-combined. Transfer the batter into a 9×5-inch loaf tin and bake in the middle of the oven for 60 – 75 minutes or until a skewer comes out clean. Allow to cool in the tin for 30 minutes before turning out and slicing.