whats the difference between a banana tea bread and a banana cake?

[cheeryface]

no, it's not gonna be a joke lol

have made a one or the other from a recipe i copied down from mumsnet ages and ages ago. it's for a charity cake bake thing tomorrow at school.

don't know what to call it though!

so whats the difference??

tea bread will need buttering
cake will be fine to eat alone

right, i'm thinking it must be cake then

although it's in a loaf tin????

in that case just call it banana loaf - people can decide for themselves whether to butter it or not

(as a guide, if you rub the butter into the flour it's probably teabread, if you beat the butter with the sugar it's most likely a cake)

Great! thanx for that. Not sure who posted the recipe for it but it's delicious! the one for school looks really good, they will be well impressed!

makes a change, my baking isn't famous for turning out well.

so, whoever it was thanks

I have a recipe for banana loaf and you need to beat the butter and sugar together - so is the loaf.

It is really tasty and I will print the recipe up here if you like?