Banana Bread with Nut Butter

Method

• 1
  Preheat the oven to 180 °C (top/bottom heat). Grease a loaf pan (approx. 25 cm) with a little butter and dust with flour.
• 2
  Mash the ripe bananas finely in a large bowl with a fork or a potato masher. Add olive oil, sugar, vanilla sugar, and the eggs. Mix everything well with a whisk or mixer until the mixture is homogeneous.
• 3
  In a separate bowl, mix flour, baking powder, salt, and cinnamon.
• 4
  The cake tastes particularly good when the banana bread is slightly warmed.
• 5
  Gradually add the flour mixture to the banana mixture and carefully fold in with a spatula or a mixer on low speed until a smooth batter forms. Do not overmix, so the cake remains light.
• 6
  Pour the batter into the prepared pan and smooth it out. Bake the cake in the preheated oven for approx. 50–60 minutes. Check with a wooden skewer to see if the cake is baked through (nothing should stick to the skewer).
• 7
  Remove the cake from the oven and let it cool in the pan for about 10 minutes. Then carefully remove it from the pan and let it cool completely on a wire rack.
• 8
  Before serving, generously spread the cake with nut butter. Alternatively, the banana bread also tastes excellent with butter or chocolate spread.