
Rounton Coffee kindly sent their delicious Daybreak Blend espresso and cafetiere coffee and asked me what I’d make. Since everyone is loving banana bread at the moment I thought I’d blend the traditional coffee and walnut loaf with banana bread!
My favourite banana bread recipe is Mary Berry’s of course so I used this recipe for the base for the loaf and just went with the flow and it was a success! The coffee buttercream added extra coffee flavour and the combination of banana, coffee and chunky walnuts was perfect.
Ingredients
- 2 ripe bananas
- 2 Eggs
- 175g caster sugar
- 225g self-raising flour
- 100g butter
- 1tsp baking powder
- Handful of walnuts
- 4 tbs Espresso coffee
Buttercream
- 100g Icing sugar
- 50g butter
- Espresso coffee
- Walnuts
Method
- Preheat the oven to 180C, line the loaf tin and grease with butter.
- Make an espresso and leave to cool. If you don’t have fresh coffee, an instant espresso powder will work fine.
- Mash the bananas.
- Add all the ingredients into a bowl and beat, use either an electric mixer or wooden spoon.
- Add to the loaf tin and bake for 45 mins to an hour, until cooked.
- To make the loaf extra coffee tasting spoon some coffee over the loaf when warm, about 1-2tbs.
- To make the buttercream using an electric mixer whisk the butter until soft and slowly add the icing sugar and a little coffee at a time, keep tasting and add more coffee if you prefer.
- Chop a handful of walnuts into crumbs.
- Once the loaf has cooled down, spread the buttercream on top of the loaf and sprinkle the walnuts over the top.
- Enjoy!
Big thank you to Rounton Coffee for sending me their coffee, I’m a big coffee drinker and I’ve enjoyed having their Daybreak blend every morning, it’s rich and absolutely delicious! I’ve already drank it all so as you can tell I’m a big fan.
If you’re a coffee addict definitely check them out, they know their stuff and have lots of videos/advice to up your coffee game. Plus, you can order and get it sent in the post, I can’t think of a better smelling package to receive.