BANANA BREAD WITH STRAWBERRY COMPOTE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. Grease a 9X4X11 in loaf pan and place a piece of parchment paper on the bottom of the pan.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.