Bananananananananananana Bread

I made banananananananananana bread again at the weekend and it turned out so well my colleagues begged me for the recipe. I realised that I've put the cookie recipe on here but not the banananananana bread one so here it is:

Ingredients
225g/8oz self-raising flour
100g/4oz butter
150g/5oz caster sugar
450g/1lb Fairtrade bananas (the softer the better), peeled and mashed
½ tsp salt
2 eggs
175g/6oz mixed dried fruit

Method
1. Pre-heat the oven to 180C/350F/Gas 4.
2. Mix all the ingredients except the dried fruit together. You can do this in a food processor or by hand in a basin.
3. When they're all thoroughly mixed, add the dried fruit. Spoon the mixture into a 1kg/2lb non-stick loaf tin, spread it out evenly and bake it for one and a half hours. The loaf is done when a skewer pushed into its middle comes out clean.
4. Cool on a wire rack, then slice before serving.

I like to soak the mixed dried fruit in a bit of rum for a couple of hours or overnight. It adds extra moisture to the mix. Remember to let the loaf cool for a bit before you try to get it out of the tin though, the extra moisture means it has a tendency to fall to bits when still warm!