Ingredients

70 g (3 oz) butter
100 g (4 oz) brown sugar
3 tbsp clear honey
2 medium eggs, beaten
225 g (8 oz) bananas, mashed
225 g (8 oz) SR flour
1 heaped tsp Schwartz Allspice Ground
¼ tsp bicarbonate of soda
½ tsp salt
225 g (8 oz) raisins

Preheat oven to 180C, 350F or gas mark 4. Grease a 20 x 10 cm (8 x 4 in) loaf tin and line with baking paper.

Beat butter and sugar together then stir in 2 tbsp of honey. Add eggs and bananas and mix well. Sieve flour with spice, bicarbonate of soda and salt and fold into creamed mix with raisins using a metal spoon. Spoon into tin and bake for 1 hour until loaf is well risen and firm to touch. Remove from tin and drizzle remaining honey over top to glaze.

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