Gluten-free banana bread

• small ripe bananas↗5

  peeled, 4 mashed, 1 sliced down the middle to decorate the top

• gluten-free self-raising flour↗150g g
• gluten-free oats↗100g g
• ground almonds↗50g g
• gluten-free baking powder↗1 tsp tsp
• ground cinnamon↗1 tsp tsp
• dark brown soft sugar↗90g g
• caster sugar↗90g g
• butter↗100g g

  melted

• eggs↗2

  beaten

• icing sugar↗1 tbsp tbsp

Step-by-step instructions

1. 1

   Heat the oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4 and line a 900g loaf tin with baking parchment (our tin was 19 x 9 x 6cm).

2. 2

   Put all the ingredients, except the sliced banana, 1 tbsp caster sugar and the icing sugar, in a large bowl and stir until smooth and combined.

3. 3

   Pour the mixture into the tin and put the two remaining banana halves cut-side up across the top of the batter, pressing down slightly.

4. 4

   Sprinkle over the caster sugar. Bake for 1 hr-1 hr 15 mins until a skewer comes out clean, covering with foil towards the end of cooking if it browns too much. Dust with icing sugar and leave to cool.