Nutty Banana Loaf with Cream Cheese Frosting

Ingredients

125g butter
1 cup CSR white sugar
1 egg
3 or 4 mashed bananas
2 cups flour
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 cup chopped walnuts or hazelnuts*

Cream Cheese Frosting:
50g butter, softened
75g cream cheese
1 cup CSR icing sugar
1/4 cup chopped walnuts

Method

Cream together butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Thoroughly mix in the egg and mashed bananas. Add flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt and chopped nuts, but do not over-mix. Line base of a large loaf tin or 21cm cake tin with baking paper, pour in mixture, and bake at 180°C for 50 minutes. After cooling, turn out onto wire rack.

To make the frosting, mix together butter and cream cheese until creamy. Beat in icing sugar. Spread on top of cake and sprinkle with walnuts.

* If using hazelnuts, toast at 180°C for 5 to 10 minutes until golden brown. Rub skins off using paper towel and set aside.

White Sugar

Ingredients: cane sugar

Here's one we all know and love! The uniform size of the sugar crystals gives you a regular texture and consistency, making it the perfect ingredient for baking and sweets.

Pure Icing Sugar

Ingredients: cane sugar

While no cake would be complete without it, icing sugar can also be used to make goodies such as shortbread, cream fillings, marshmallow, and fondant; anywhere a smooth, soft finished texture is required. CSR Pure Icing Sugar is the perfect icing sugar for all your traditional and decorative special icing needs. As CSR Pure Icing Sugar is 100% natural sugar this ensures the icing has a firm setting quality every time.