Baking - Banana Bread

It annoys me unnecessarily whether this should be called Banana Bread, Banana Cake or Banana Loaf.  I think it is most accurately cake, I like the thought of it in a loaf tin, but I like the alliteration of bread!

I've made this quite a few times, and it is the only cake that I actually like eating!

I keep googling different recipes so decided to try to record one on here.  I have failed to do this quite a few times so will do a rubbish post now and maybe one day return to it!

Here's the link to All Recipes' Easy Banana Cake and time to try and improve this post (14/4/17)

Ingredients
Serves: 10 

• 125g butter
• 150g caster sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 egg, beaten
• 2 very ripe bananas, mashed
• 190g self raising flour
• 60ml milk

Method
Prep:10min  ›  Cook:35min  ›  Ready in:45min 

1. Grease and line a 2lb loaf tin. Melt butter, sugar and vanilla in a saucepan over a medium heat.
2. Remove from heat and add the mashed bananas, mix well.
3. Add the egg, mix well.
4. Stir in the flour and the milk.
5. Pour into the prepared tin, sprinkle with a tablespoon of demerara sugar to give a crunch topping if liked.
6. Bake at 170 C / Fan 150 C / Gas 3 for 35 minutes, or until a skewer comes out clean. Leave to cool and enjoy!

 I am beginning to realise that I really enjoy and prefer recipes like this that involve melting the butter and then adding everything else to the pan - no need to get out and wash up the mixing bowl!  This time, I realised just as I'd put it in the oven that I had forgotten to add the milk so out it came quickly and we will see how damaged it is!  It's a low temperature and not a long cook time.  I have feeling that I normally need to cook it for a lot longer.

Update So the bell went at the end of 35 minutes and I went to look in the oven expecting it not to look cooked, but I wasn't expecting it to look so flat... that's when I realised that I had used plain flour not self-raising flour!!  So much for being concerned for the late addition of milk!  Well, I still had 2 very ripe bananas so what else to do in the holidays, but to make another one.  It was good to practise it again when it was so fresh and all the utensils were washed on the drier.  Much quicker this time, but let's not be so cocky so soon this time.  We will see what comes out of the oven!