Ingredients

• 1 cup (220g) caster sugar
• 2 cups (300g) self-raising flour
• 1/2 cup (125ml) buttermilk
• 150g melted butter
• 2 Coles Australian Free Range Eggs
• 2 mashed large ripe bananas
• 1 cup (150g) frozen blackberries
• 2 teaspoons lime rind, finely grated

Blackberry frosting

• 1/2 cup (75g) frozen blackberries
• 1 tablespoon caster sugar
• 125g softened butter
• 1 1/2 cups (240g) icing sugar mixture

Method

• Step 1 To make the banana bread, mix caster sugar and self-raising flour in a bowl.
• Step 2 Whisk buttermilk, butter, eggs and 2 mashed large ripe bananas in a medium bowl. Add to flour mixture and stir to combine.
• Step 3 Stir in frozen blackberries and lime rind.
• Step 4 Pour the banana mixture into a greased and lined 10cm x 22cm loaf pan. Smooth the surface. Bake at 180C for 1 hour or until a skewer inserted in the centre comes out clean. Cool in the pan for 5 mins, then turn onto a wire rack to cool completely.
• Step 5 To make blackberry frosting, place frozen blackberries and caster sugar in a saucepan over low heat. Cook, stirring, for 5 mins or until blackberries start to collapse.
• Step 6 Cook for a further 5 mins or until mixture thickens slightly. Strain through a fine sieve. Use an electric mixer to beat butter in a bowl until very pale. Gradually add icing sugar mixture, beating well after each addition.
• Step 7 Reserve 2 tablespoons of blackberry puree. Add remaining puree to butter mixture. Spread over cooled banana bread. Drizzle with reserved puree.