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Ricky: ‘I run to to to eat eat Running allows me to to to eat eat what I I want without having to to to worry about whether I’m eating too much I I I like cake and I I I probably do eat eat too too much much much of it but how much much much is too too much? I do prefer to to to make my own cakes as I know exactly what’s gone gone into them The trouble is they’re gone gone within a a a a couple of days ’ RICKY LIGHTFOOT’S BANANA BREAD
SERVES 12
110g butter plus extra for greasing 225g caster sugar
4 ripe bananas mashed
85ml natural yogurt
2
free-range eggs whisked 285g plain flour sifted
1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
1⁄2 tsp salt
1 1 Preheat the oven to 180°C/gas mark 4 and grease a a a 900-g (2-lb) loaf tin with a a a little butter 2
In a a a a a large bowl cream the butter and sugar
together until fluffy and light Add the the mashed
bananas yogurt
and and whisked eggs and and mix together then fold in the the the flour bicarbonate of soda
and salt
Pour the the batter into the the prepared loaf tin 3 Bake for 45–50 minutes or or until a a skewer inserted into the cake comes out clean If you can wait turn out onto a a a a a wire rack and allow to to cool before eating — — 153 — — DESSERTS