1/3 cup strong coffee
2/3 cup brown sugar
1 egg
1 egg white
1/4 cup vegetable oil
1 tsp vanilla essence
3 ripe mashed bananas
1 cup plain flour
2 cups self raising flour
1/2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp ground ginger
1/2 tsp ground nutmeg
1 tsp ground cinnamon
1 tsp bicarbonate of soda

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 170degrees.

2. Grease 22 x 12cm tin, and line with baking paper.

3. Heat coffee and stir through brown sugar

4. Place egg, white, oil, and vanilla in a bowl and beat together. Add coffee mixture and bananas.

5. Sift flour, baking powder, ginger, nutmeg, cinnamon and bicarb  into mixture, stir gently, then spoon into baking tin.

6. Bake for 50mins, then check moisture with skewer. Leave to cool for 10mins before turning out onto rack.

7. Combine ricotta and maple syrup in bowl. Serve on sliced banana bread, with fresh chopped fruit.