Sunshine Banana Bread with Honeyed Mascarpone - Ainsley Harriott

Ingredients

• For the Banana Bread
• 125g unsalted butter, plus extra for greasing
• 100g soft brown sugar
• 2 large eggs, beaten
• 2 ripe bananas, mashed
• 50g walnuts, chopped
• 1½ tsp vanilla extract
• 1 tbsp shredded coconut
• 1 tbsp milk
• 225g plain flour
• 1 tsp baking powder
• ½ tsp bicarbonate of soda
• 1 tsp mixed spice
• extra drizzle of honey, to serve (optional)
• For the Honeyed Mascarpone
• 250g tub of mascarpone
• 1 tbsp icing sugar
• 1 tbsp honey
• zest and juice of ½ lemon