Recipe: Banana Fruit Loaf

Banana Fruit Loaf
Source: Chef Gerda Dehrmann, The Gourmet Underway

1 1/3 cups flour
3 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. salt
1/3 cup butter
1/3 cup sugar
2 eggs
1 cup mashed banana
1/4 cup milk
1/3 cup candied fruit
1/4 cup seedless raisins
1/2 cup chopped walnuts or pecans

Sift together flour, baking powder, and salt. Add chopped nuts. Cream together sugar and butter until fluffy. Add eggs, bananas, and milk and combine well. Add dry ingredients to wet ingredients and mix until just moistened. Gently told in the fruit and raisins. Pour into 2 lightly greased loaf pans and bake at 350 for 20 to 30 minutes until golden in colour. Cool on cake rack. These loaves freeze well.