Serves 4

Ingredients:

• 110 grams softened butter
• 2/3 cup sugar
• 2 large eggs
• 1/4 cup milk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 3 ripe, medium bananas
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon salt

• Streusel topping:
• 1/4 cup brown sugar
• 1 1/2 tsp cinnamon

Instructions

1. Heat the oven to 180 C. Line 1 large (or 2 small) loaf pan with baking paper, letting the excess hang over the long sides (this makes it easy to pull the loaf out at the end).
2. Cream the softened butter and sugar in a mixer until pale and smooth.
3. In seperate bowl, mash the bananas with a fork.
4. Add the milk, eggs, vanilla and salt to the bananas, mix until combined.
5. Add the banana mix to your creamed butter and sugar, fold in with a spatula until combined.
6. Add the flour and baking soda, to the mix, fold in with a spatula until the ingredients till just combined and no more dry flour is visible, do not over-mix!
7. Pour 1/3 of the mix into your prepared tin, top with half your streusel mix, repeat with next 1/3 mix and remaining streusel, then the last 1/3 mix.
8. Bake until the top of the bread is brown and a toothpick inserted into the middle comes out clean, (approx 50 to 65 minutes for a large loaf, or 40-50 mins for small).

Optional: Add 1/2 cup chopped walnuts, after step 6, fold in to combine.