250 g Self raising flour
1 ts Level mixed spice
1/2 ts Salt
125 g Caster sugar
125 g Butter
1 tb Honey
125 g Sultanas
100 g Glace cherries
100 g Blanched almonds, chopped
Or walnuts 500 g Very ripe bananas
2 Eggs
Juice of 1 lemon Sift flour, spice, salt, and caster sugar, into a bowl. Chop butter into small pieces and add that, and then all remaining ingredients – remember to peel the bananas first and mash them with a fork. Mix thoroughly. Turn the mixture into a 22cm [9″] loaf tin. Bake at 180c for one hour, then for another 1/2 hour at 160c. Remove from the tin and cool on a rack. Serve thinly sliced and buttered – like most tea loaves, it tastes all the better for keeping. From Ron’s (and Lillian’s) Plaice in Blackpool:)