A parent’s dream: a daughter who loves to bake!

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We are thrilled our youngest daughter, Sophie, is forever walking around with a Be-Ro Home Recipes book (eternal thanks to Chinese Grandma) and requesting to bake. She’s so keen and enthusiastic. We are looking forward to the day she can bake unsupervised and serve us up some of her gorgeous banana tea bread for afternoon tea, complete with a cuppa. Well, she’ll have to earn her keep one day and pay us in kind for all the taxi services we have ahead of us!

The recipes are simple, clear and work every time. There’s no fancy ingredients that take an age to find on the supermarket shelves. The recipe book fits into my handbag with minimal fuss (and in the palm of Sophie’s hand). I have a few fancy recipe books on our shelves (all gifts) and though they are beautifully illustrated and, on the occasion I open them, filled with mouthwatering recipes, I’d much rather stick to the simple stuff.

So here it is, Sophie’s mouthwatering Banana Tea Bread (recipe, with thanks, from Be-Ro):

225g Self Raising Flour (we used wholemeal flour)
1 x 1.25ml bicarbonate of soda
pinch of salt
75g butter
175g caster sugar
2 medium eggs, beaten
450g bananas weighed with skin, peeled, mashed (Mashing is Sophie’s favourite!)
100g walnuts, chopped

1. Heat oven to 180°C, 350°F, Gas Mark 4. Grease and line the base of 1 kg loaf tin.
2. Mix together flour, bicarbonate of soda and salt.
3. Cream the butter and sugar until pale and fluffy, add the eggs a little at a time alternately with the flour.
4. Stir in the remaining flour, bananas and walnuts and place in prepared tin. Bake for about 1 1/4 hours. (Sophie’s very good at stirring too – keeps her busy for a while!)
5. Cool on a wire rack.

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3 thoughts on “A parent’s dream: a daughter who loves to bake!”

  1. We’ll make a domestic executive of her yet! When I’m back from my trip you and the girls really must come visit and we can bake together.

    That would be amazing Julie! I have to say you really inspire me with your recipes and it’s wonderful to watch the process of your freshly grown food going into your home cooking. Have a fabulous trip (getting closer!) and say hi to dear England for me, Sarah x

  2. Mmmm, that banana bread looks yummy, just right for a morning tea break. It’s great that you cook with the girls, it’s a life skill that too many children don’t get at home.And it’s such fun. Hopefully one day you’ll have whole meals prepared for you and then one day even further on they might even clear up as well! I made sure my boys could cook though of course it’s easier when Mum does the cooking.

    Oooo Ruta, whole meals would be a treat! When I was a child whoever didn’t cook had to wash up – but it was always where the most interesting conversations evolved – over the kitchen sink. I really enjoy cooking with them – but have to admit to finding it difficult in the early days – in respect to following recipes and keeping the children entertained and engaged at the same time. Now they really participate in everything – knowing where the cooking equipment is stored, helping to weigh and measure and of course all the fun of mixing, rolling, kneading and more! And they do try to help with the cleaning up – I always say, ‘Every good chef keeps a tidy kitchen and it helps to make the time go faster whilst we’re waiting for our yummy delights to bake!’. Sarah x

  3. Banana tea cake…..how yummy and delicious it looks and Grandma loves bananas and has one every day for breakfast. However, after seeing that wonderful,wonderful cooking you have done Sophie, I think I will give it a try. I am sure Granddad would love it and it looks very scrumptious and mouthwatering. Well done darling…you are scrumptious too and your sis too !!

    I love you my Mummy! Wish I could bring some round on a plate for you and eat it over a cup of tea with you x Sophie would love that too. Ah well, we shall have to do lots of baking when you next visit (and drinks lots of tea!). Lots of love, Sarah x

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