Banana Bread

I still have to come across a better banana bread than the one sampled in Tamarama beach cafe', Sydney. Tried all variants of it, including what they call Banana Cake here in the Uk, which is nice-ish but nowhere near the real deal. I believe this is due to the fact that in Oz they don't sneak in the occasional raisin or extra sugar.
I usually play around with the banana-sugar ratio as I prefer my recipe to be more banana-y and less sugary.


Recipe makes 1 loaf:
200g plain flour
100g caster sugar
50g butter, softened
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1 egg
4 very ripe bananas
100 g pistacchios (optional)
honey (optional)

Preheat oven to 180 C / Gas 4. Grease and flour a 13x23cm loaf tin.
Mix Wet Ingredients with a blender stick: Mashed bananas, vanilla, egg, butter
In a separate bowl Mix Dry Ingredients: flour,sugar, baking powder, bicarbonate soda, crushed pistacchios and mix well. (Reserve some pistacchios for the garnish)
Join the dry mix into the wet mix.  Pour into loaf tin and push some banana's thin slices right through the mix but not too deep.
Bake at 180 C / Gas 4 for 50 to 60 minutes or until skewer inserted into centre of cake comes out clean.
Let the cake cool in a rack (no-ones like soggy bottoms!) - At the same time, spread some honey on the top of the cake and add a handful of crushed pistacchios.