This is a recipe I’ve had written on a scrap of paper for years. It makes a really yummy moist banana bread that isn’t too bananay, if you get what I mean! The great thing about this is you can just make it from things you already have when the bananas start to go black. It’s best when they’re really black and smell, actually!

225g self raising flour (or plain, with a teaspoon baking powder)
225g caster sugar
100g margarine
3 eggs
4 small over ripe bananas, mashed
optional - 120g sultanas, soaked in water then dried and shaken with some flour
optional - 50g glace cherries, washed then dried and shaken with some flour
optional - teaspoon of grated orange or lemon peel

1. Mix the flour with the sugar, margarine and eggs
2. Add in the mashed bananas and any other dried fruit
3. Put in the oven at Gas 4 / 180 C for 1.5 hours
4. Turn out and eat a slice while still hot
5. Have another slice, NOM NOM NOM