Every week, Taste Safari will aim to solve your kitchen conundrums! This one came in recently from Sophia in Nairobi, Kenya:

“I bought a bug bunch of bananas and didn’t eat them in time! What can I do with bananas that are past their prime? Please help me Taste Safari!”

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Well there is only one thing that comes to mind with this conundrum – a scrumptious, classic, Banana Bread!

1 cup yoghurt mixed with one cup yoghurt (buttermilk)

1 cup brown sugar

3/4 cup melted butter

2 large eggs

1 and 1/2 cup mashed ripe bananas (tip: use a potato masher – works great!)

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1 cups bran flour

1 cup plain  flour

2 teaspoons baking powder

3/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon

1/2 tsp nutmeg

1/2 teaspoon Soda bicarbonate

1/2 teaspoon salt

3/4 cup flaked almonds

Preheat oven to 180 degrees. Line a traditional loaf tin with butter and flour.

Whisk buttermilk, brown sugar, melted butter and eggs in a large bowl.

Stir in mashed bananas, both flours, baking powder, cinnamon, baking soda, salt and nutmeg in a medium bowl.

Fold the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients and stir until just combined.

Fold in the flaked almonds. Transfer the batter to the prepared loaf tin.

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Bake until the top is golden brown and a wooden skewer inserted in the centre comes out clean, 50 to 60 minutes.

Gorgeous with a helping of vanilla bean ice cream. Oh yum!!

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