Banana and Plum Loaf

My plum tree is overloaded with ripe deliciousness and I had a few very ripe bananas in the fruit bowl, so made up this lovely loaf for afternoon tea.

Banana & Plum Loaf

Ingredients

100g (approx. 1/2 cup) butter - softened
1/2 cup brown sugar
2 eggs
1/2 tsp vanilla essence
1 3/4 cups plain white flour
1 cup wholemeal flour
1 1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
1/2 tsp ground nutmeg
4 ripe bananas - mashed
Approx. 1 cup plums - pitted and quartered


Preheat oven to 175 degrees C.  Grease two 9x5 inch loaf tins.

In a large bowl, cream the butter and sugar.  Beat in the eggs and vanilla essence.

In a separate bowl, sift the flours, baking powder and baking soda with the cinnamon and nutmeg.

Stir the dry ingredients into the egg mixture in thirds, alternating with the mashed bananas until the batter is smooth and well combined.

Gently fold in the plums, and spoon the batter evenly into the prepared tins.

Bake for approx. 45 mins, or until well browned.

Enjoy!

Caryl ♥

Plum & Chia Seed Crumble

Every year, our ancient plum tree yields beautiful, sweet and juicy plums.  The only trouble we have is reaching the ones at the top of the tree, which usually get left for the birds and other flying creatures.

The other day, we collected this fabulous basketful of plums, so after eating a few just as they are, I decided to create a new dessert, using chia seeds.

The amounts for this plum crumble dessert are approximate.  After a few of the plums were eaten from the basket, I had just over 1kg left.

Ingredients

Just over 1kg Plums

1 tbsp ground Chia Seeds

2 tbsp Muscovado Sugar

Crumble Ingredients

2 tbsp Coconut Oil

2 tbsp Butter - chopped into pieces

4 tbsp ground Almonds

2 tbsp Muscovado Sugar

4 tbsp Oats

2 tbsp ground Chia Seeds

6 tbsp Plain Flour

2 tbsp shredded Coconut

extra Muscovado Sugar - for sprinkling

Preheat oven to 180 degrees C.

Wash and de-stone the plums.  Cut them into quarters and put them into a deep casserole dish.

Sprinkle over the chia seeds and sugar and mix well to combine.

Mix all the crumble ingredients in a bowl with clean fingers until it becomes crumbly.  (You could use a blender if you wish and stir in the shredded coconut at the end).

Sprinkle the crumble mixture over the plums.  Add a little extra sugar over the top.

Pop it in the preheated oven for approx. 30 mins, until starting to brown on top.

Serve with a dollop of vanilla ice-cream, or custard.

Enjoy!

Caryl ♥