It’s packed full of banana flavor.
Royal recipes are so fun to try out at home, especially when theyre fancied-up takes onthe familiar.
Im sure that when she gets home from school today, shell ask for more.
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After that, you toss in dried cherries, raisins, and walnuts.
Then, there was the question of 1 pound ripe bananas.
Are we weighing the bananas before or after peeling?
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I asked my non-cooking spouse his opinion, and he said after, so I went with that.
It was a lot of bananas4 1/2 average-sized ones, to be exact.
I did have to cook it for much longer than the suggested 45 minutes.
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Mine required an hour and 25 minutes to reach 190oF in the center.
I draped a sheet of aluminum foil over it for the last 25 minutes to avoid over-browning.
It did make me laugh to think about Queen Elizabeth unknowingly munching on a three-month-old slice.
Im glad that my kids arent picky about fruits and nuts in their baked goodsI know many people are!
The slightly tart cherries, super-sweet golden raisins, and rich walnuts are all great additions.
Of course, you could leave them out orsubstitute your favorite mix-ins.
Withchocolate chipstaking the place of the fruit, I would serve this as a decadent dessert.
Nobody in my house could wait until it had cooled completely.
