Banana Nut Loaf

Ingredients

• 1/3 cup margarine
• ½ cup Sugar
• 2 eggs
• 2 tsp baking powder
• ¼ tsp bicarbonate of soda
• ½ cup parched peanuts (chopped)
• 1 ¾ cups sifted flour
• ½ tsp salt
• 1 cup mashed ripe banana

Directions

1. cream the margarine and Sugar together. Add the eggs and beat well, then add the peanuts.
2. Sift the flour, salt, bicarbonate of soda and baking powder together.
3. Add these dry ingredients to the creamed mixture alternately with banana, beating well with each addition.
4. Pour into a well-greased 8 to 9 inch loaf pan.
5. Bake in a moderate oven (350 °F) for about an hour or until done. Cool on a rack.