Banana muesli morning loaf

Name: Banana muesli morning loaf
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 1 h
Total time: 1 h 15 min
Yield: 10
Ingredients: 175 g Benecol Olive Oil spread, melted, plus extra for greasing, brushing and to serve (optional); 3 ripe large (or 4 small) bananas; 100 ml clear honey, plus extra to drizzle and serve; ½ tsp vanilla bean paste; 3 medium British Blacktail Free Range Eggs; 150 g essential Waitrose Fruit Muesli, plus extra for scattering; 100 g walnut pieces; 175 g self-raising flour; 1 pinch salt

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Serves10
CourseBreakfast
Prepare15 mins
Cook1 hr
Total time1 hr 15 mins
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Ingredients

175g Benecol Olive Oil spread, melted, plus extra for greasing, brushing and to serve (optional)
3 ripe large (or 4 small) bananas
100ml clear honey, plus extra to drizzle and serve
½ tsp vanilla bean paste
3 medium British Blacktail Free Range Eggs
150g essential Waitrose Fruit Muesli, plus extra for scattering
100g walnut pieces
175g self-raising flour
1 pinch salt

Method

Preheat the oven to 180˚C, gas mark 4. Grease and line a 900g loaf tin. In a large bowl, mash 2 or 3 of the bananas (to make about 225g). Pour in the melted spread, honey, vanilla bean paste and eggs; beat well with a wooden spoon. Stir in the muesli and 85g of the walnuts, then let the mix sit and thicken for 5 minutes
Sift in the flour and salt; fold in with a spatula or large spoon, then tip the batter into the prepared tin. Slice the remaining banana in half lengthways, then put the pieces lengthways on top of the cake. Brush with some more melted spread. Scatter a little muesli and the remaining 15g walnuts over the exposed batter. Bake for 1 hour, until risen and golden and a skewer comes out clean.
Cool for 30 minutes in the tin, then remove and cool on a rack. Before the cake is completely cold, drizzle it with more honey. Serve sliced, as it is, or toasted, with more spread, if liked, and honey.