Vanilla glazed banana gingerbread

Preheat the oven to 170 C / Gas 3. Grease a 900g (2 lb) loaf tin.

Mash bananas in a large bowl with a fork. Add brown sugar, treacle, vegetable oil, eggs and milk and stir until combined.

In a medium bowl, stir together the flour, ginger, cinnamon, allspice, cloves, bicarb and salt.

Add flour mixture to banana mixture and stir just until flour is incorporated. Tip into prepared tin.

Bake for 60 to 70 minutes, or until it tests done with a skewer. Cool completely, and then turn out of tin.

To make the glaze, combine the melted butter, syrup and 1 tablespoon of the milk. Add the icing sugar and stir. Add the vanilla and additional milk, enough to achieve a drizzling consistency. Pour over cooled cake.