Banana Bread With Strawberry Compote

• FOR THE BREAD
• 4 1/2 ounces butter, softened, PLUS extra for greasing
• 1/2 cup superfine sugar
• 1/4 cup brown sugar
• 3 eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 3 large ripe bananas
• 2 cups self-rising flour, less 1 tablespoon
• 1 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• FOR THE COMPOTE
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 2 oranges, juice of
• 1 grated orange, rind of
• 1 cinnamon stick
• 2 1/2 cups fresh strawberries, thickly sliced
• FOR THE GARNISH
• mascarpone or plain yogurt
• confectioners' sugar, sifted for dusting

1. Preheat oven to 350u0b0. Grease a 9X4X11 in loaf pan and place a piece of parchment paper on the bottom of the pan.
2. Beat together the sugars and butter until light and fluffy. Add in the eggs, one at a time, incorporating well after each addition then add the vanilla extract. Peel and mash bananas. Stir into the butter mixture. Add the flour, nutmeg cinnamon until just combined. Do not over-beat.
3. Pour mixture into pan and bake for 1 hour, 15 minutes until a toothpick inserted into the bread comes out clean. Remove from the oven and let stand for 5 minutes before turning out onto a wire rack.
4. Made the compote while bread is baking by mixing the first four of the compote ingredients together in a medium sized pan and bringing to a boil Add fruit and return to a boil. Remove from heat, pour into a heatproof bowl, and let cool.
5. Serve slices of banana bread with a spoonful of mascarpone or yogurt and spoon over either warm or cold compote. Fish with a light dusting of confectioners' sugar.

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Taken from www.food.com/recipe/banana-bread-with-strawberry-compote-356922 (may not work)