Recipe needed from old Bero book please

Dollardog

I used to have a Bero book recipe from many years ago for a Banana loaf. It only used one banana and you put everything in a blender. It was cooked in a 1LB loaf tin and it said to put icing on the top. I wondered if anyone still has this recipe as I can't find it?

TIA

Surfing_spaniel

The only recipe I can see in my Bero books is for a tea bread with 1lb of bananas & walnuts in it. Could that be it?

SunnyGirl

That's the only recipe in my Be-Ro book too. Have you tried the website www.be-ro.co.uk there might be something on there or even a customer service phone number HTH

philb120

I had never heard of Be-Ro. Obviously a 'northern' thing :eek: :eek: but am going to send off for a copy of the book to try the recipes out. Thanks for the link.

Phil x

Surfing_spaniel

Heres the one I have anyhow.....
8oz SR flour
1/4 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
pinch of salt
3oz butter
6oz caster sugar
2 eggs
1lb bananas
4oz chopped walnuts
Heat oven to 180C gas mark 4. Grease & line the base of a 2lb (1kg) loaf tin.
Mix together flour bicarb & salt.
Cream the sugar & butter, add the eggs a little at a time alternately with the flour.
Stir in the remaining flour, bananas & walnuts & place in the prepared tin.
Bake for about 1 & a 1/4 hours

Dollardog

Hiya,
Thanks for the replies.
No, the recipe with walnuts is definitely not it. Hate walnuts lol:rotfl:
Its a very old recipe, probably 40 odd years old?
It only had one ripe banana and you just put everything into a blender, all at once, have a feeling it only had one egg, but might be wrong about that, could have been 2.
I have tried the website and also tried emailing them to see if they could help, but no, they just pointed me to the modern versions.

sandy2_2

this one uses 2 bananas
All in one Banana Cake with spice if wanted

2 very ripe bananas
softened butter or margarine 200gr
caster sugar 150gr
mixed spice 1tsp
baking powder 2tsp
self raising flour 200gr
2 medium eggs

Preheat the oven to 350F/180C/Gas Mark 4. Grease and line a 2lb loaf tin Blend all the ingredients together and spread into the prepared tin.

Bake for 40 minutes, reduce temp to 325F/170C/Gas Mark 3 and bake for another 20 minutes or until a skewer inserted into centre comes out clean.

Cool in tin for 10 mins, then turn out and cool. Store in airtight tin , eat within 4 days.

florain

How about this one.

Sarah's Banana Cake

Don't remember where the recipe came from, but my daughter, now 27, used to make it when she was 8/9 so named it for her!

Use a 2lb loaf tin

4 oz soft marg
4 oz soft brown sugar
2 eggs
8 oz SR flour
1 level teaspoon mixed spice
1 tablespoon golden syrup (or runny honey)
1 med/lg ripe (going black - last one left in the bowl) banana, mashed
2 oz chopped walnuts/pecans
4 oz sultanas/chopped dates - I prefer dates

Oven - Gas 4/180c

Grease and line a large loaf tin.
Sieve together the flour and spice.
Add all the rest and beat until mixed.
Put into tin and bake for 1 hour then reduce slightly for another 20 - 30 minutes.

I usually make 2 and slice and freeze one.

firesidemaid

i've got the modern be-ro book (approx £1 from morrisons baking aisle) and i've also just had a look in my older copy which was my grans - almost 40 years old - but not in there either, sorry.

DJay2018

I have baked this recipe often though not for a few years. I came to make it today and the recipe was not there!!! I have 2 x old Be-Ro books, a 33rd edition and a 34th edition, I think from the 1970's or early 1980's at the latest. Which page is the recipe on in your book? I could have sworn it was in one if these books but I can't find it.

Skintmama

DJay2018 - Post 5 by Surfing Spaniel has the same Banana and Walnut Tea Bread recipe that I have in my 39th edition of the Be-Ro cookbook. Could this be the one you are looking for?

It is on page 12 in my book.