Banana & Sweet Potato Loaf

A delicious twist on regular banana bread, sweet potato is naturally sweet and is packed full of fibre, vitamins and antioxidants with the added plus that the kids won't know it is in the loaf!!

Delicious as a breakfast or snack, perfect for lunch boxes.

Ingredients

180 g cooled cooked sweet potato, peeled

180 g very ripe bananas, peeled

100 ml vegetable or olive oil

50 g natural yoghurt

1 egg

1/2 tsp fine salt

120 g plain flour

80 g wholemeal plain flour

3 tsp baking powder

120 g caster sugar

Method

1. Preheat oven to 170°C fan forced (190°C conventional). Grease and line a 24 x 13 cm loaf tin with oil or butter, line with baking paper.

2. Combine banana and sweet potato in a blender to a smooth puree.

3. Whisk oil, yoghurt, egg and salt in a bowl until just combined.

4. In a separate bowl, sift both flours and baking powder, returning husks from wholemeal flour back into flour mixture.

5. Put banana and sweet potato mixture into the bowl of a stand mixer with paddle attachment, add sugar beat on a medium speed until incorporated. Add oil mixture, beat on low until combined.

6. Add flour mixture and beat for 2 minutes until combined. Spoon batter into prepared loaf tin, if you like, slice another banana lengthways and place on top of batter.

7. Bake for 55 minutes or until skewer inserted into cake comes out clean. Cool in tin for 20 minutes then turn out onto wire rack to cool completely

Enjoy.

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