A Mass of Odds and Ends

I hesitate to give you this recipe. Introducing it to teenagers can be dangerous, Sam has to know that there is a loaf in the house or he starts to hyperventilate, fearful that starvation and famine lie just around the corner. He eats two slices for breakfast, another after lunch, and a final slice after supper, all lightly toasted on the grill and with thin slivers of butter. If you let people eat it straight out of the oven there is no stopping them…

• 115gr butter
• 140gr sugar
• 2 beaten eggs
• 3 mashed ripe bananas
• 250gr self raising flour
• 100gr dark chocolate
• pinch of salt and teaspoon of all spice

Beat the butter, add the sugar, then add the beaten eggs. When it is well mixed add the mashed banana, the flour and salt, then the chocolate and all spice.  Spoon into a loaf tin and bake at 180° for approximately 40 minutes - ovens vary, it can take longer.