The great thing about banana bread – apart from the exceptional taste – is that it uses up overripe bananas that have started to blacken or attract fruit flies. Rather than chucking them out, why not make banana bread with them using the normal baking ingredients you have in your cupboards?

My favourite recipe so far is the Nigella Lawson one, which you can find on her website. It basically uses:

• Plain flour
• Sugar
• Melted butter
• Baking powder
• Vanilla essence
• Mashed-up, overripe bananas
• A pinch of salt

What’s more, you can mix things up a little by adding a shot of dark rum, sultanas soaked in bourbon before cooking, or even some fruit or chocolate chips.