Baking Banana & Cherry Loaf Cake + Books from the Week
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- Опубликовано: 5 фев 2025
- It's Friday, so it's time for this week's 'Tea Reads' episode! In this video, I'm joined by my Mum (Donna), and we share our regular Friday routine of a teatime chat about books over a cuppa and a sweet treat we've baked together. In today's episode, I'm sharing a family favourite recipe: Banana and Cherry Loaf Cake. Mum and I also chat about books we've been enjoying this week. Have a lovely weekend, everyone!
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Poetry Rebellion, edited by Paul Evans (gifted press copy): uk.bookshop.or...
Cheerful Weather for the Wedding (Classic edition currently reprinting, but plain grey cover edition in print): persephonebook...
Home at Grasmere by Dorothy and William Wordsworth: uk.bookshop.or...
I am very happy for you, Miranda, that you are reducing your recording, video output schedule. I ADORE your content. And, it had crossed my mind that I imagine it is a LOT of work. Cheers to you for adjusting to a sane schedule that works for you! I will see you, and Donna, for whatever content you do post.
Your Tea Reads are always so so lovely! I loved hearing about your family stories and recipes. My mum doesn’t like baking and my grandma never wrote down her recipes so we don’t really have family recipes and it’s so lovely to see your traditions ❤️ As someone who loves baking it’s really heartwarming!
I cannot tell you both enough how I love watching these mother and daughter videos. I lost my mum when I was thirteen years-old , and I miss her everyday.It’s great to see you cherish your mum, Miranda.
Also, about family recipes, my mum died and all the recipes went with her. So keep yours in a locked box for future generations.
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It was lovely to watch you both light up while sharing your family baking history. How special to have the hand-written recipe. That personal connection, that sense of self perceived in someone's unique slants and loops, is a treasure and one that is sadly disappearing in the age of e-mail and text messages. Thank you for sharing such a joyous half hour. We'd much rather have you cut back on your weekly schedule than burn out and disappear altogether! xx
I agree, it's extra special to have something handwritten. Thank you Pamela!
My Friday treat is drinking tea & watching Tea Reads.
How lovely! thank you!
I'll look forward to seeing you on Tuesdays and Fridays! You make your videos look wonderfully effortless and spontaneous, it really feels like you've opened your house and garden and invited us in for tea. However, there is obviously a lot of work behind the scenes - coming up with the ideas, themes and recipes, preparing, filming, editing - all of this is much appreciated! I love any variation on a banana loaf, I have some dried cherries and might have a go with these and see how it turns out. Loved all the readings but especially Cheerful Weather....Thanks for another cheerful and cheering episode, Miranda and Donna 📚👩🏽🍳🌷💛
Thanks so much for your lovely words, Lindsey! You're right: the editing etc adds on a great deal of time. Two a week definitely more manageable! I hope the dry cherries work; I've never tried it with those xxx
😂😂Miranda I could listen to you read a 900 page book...I was never read to as a child except for teachers and librarians in elementary school but when I listen to You and Donna..I get that same cozy feeling from back then😊💕 and I love Banana Bread but I’ve never had it with cherries , It looks delicious and I’m going to make it, anything made in one bowl I feel confident enough to try..confession (embarrassingly) I had to look up sultanas 🤷🏾♀️ And then I was like oh!!! Thank you so much for another wonderful video 🥰...I’m watching this video EARLY Saturday Morning but it’s a great way to start a very busy weekend 🥰
Aw, thanks so much, Kiki! I do hope you enjoy it if you give this banana bread a go - we just love it! And it is so wonderfully easy to make. Hope you had a good weekend and got a bit of time for yourself! xxx
Your videos are like cake. Every time one comes out, I tell myself: don't watch it right away, save it for later, save it so you have three in a row to watch. But I just can't stop myself! 💛🍰
Haha thank you!
Hello Miranda and Donna, another lovely recipe to add to the collection - we will have to have a Friday Tea Reads book published!! Thank you for letting us know about the new schedule and I do think it makes perfect sense and as a viewer I would not be happy thinking our enjoyment was at your cost to your wellbeing. Your channel is all about fun and happiness and long may that continue, Teresa ❤️📚👩🏻🍳🌸❤️
Thank you so much for your kind and supportive words as always, Teresa! xxx
Happy Friday, Miranda and Donna! Your smiles cheered me so much. The banana cherry bread looked amazing and I think my hubby would love it! When I was growing up, I wasn't much of a sweet tooth, but my Italian grandmother would always make me a dessert called "Mystery Bars", which had a graham cracker crust and topped with a thick creamy layer filled with chocolate chips, chopped nuts, sweetened condensed milk and sweet, shredded coconut. I used to love them! It was almost like a cheesecake, but with coconut and chocolate bits. I love that Persephone book - I'll have to give it another read. Very interested in the Wordsworth book - I adore books describing domestic life. My favorite! Wishing you a wonderful weekend and many hugs! xoxo :D
Thank you so much, Gina! That dessert sounds absolutely delicious! Hope you had a lovely weekend xxx
Hello Miranda and Donna. I watched this video twice. I was absolutely cracking up, Miranda, with your reading of Cheerful Weather for a Wedding. Your banana cherry loaf looks delicious as do all of your baked goods. Old fashioned or not, I still love glace cherries. I can't think of a bad way to have a cherry. I wish you both a very relaxing and peaceful weekend, and will be looking forward to seeing you again on Tuesday. Take care.......Crystal.
Thank you so much, Crystal! I'm so glad you enjoyed my reading 😃 I can't think of a bad way to have a cherry either- just love them! xxx
I saw Nana Mouskouri, when I was much younger, in St. John's, NL. I hadn't thought of her for such a long time...thank you for a great reminder!
Fantastic!
I so look forward to your Tea Reads with your mum - like a warm hug at the end of a hectic work week :)
That's lovely - thank you!
Always love your Teareads videos. I am fortunate to have my Nana's recipe book, very tatty now but full of aspirational recipes from the 40's/50's, none of which she ever cooked, but it is also stuffed full of loose sheets of hand written recipes from her, or from her friends, or snipped out of a magazine, and those are the ones she actually made. X
What a treasure!
Thanks for sharing so much joy!
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Thank you both for another delightful video and such a great recipe. You were really spoiling us with 3 videos a week but I totally understand and don't want you working too hard!
Thank you! xxx
I always enjoy Fridays because of you two. Thank you! Lynn
So happy to hear that! Thank you
Love your dress! That’s such a pretty pattern/style. 💕 Loved seeing Dorothy Wordsworth come up too. I hadn’t really heard of her until I visited Dove Cottage - I bought a little book about her there, but I’d love to read more of her journals!
Thank you so much. Her journals do make lovely reading!
Hope you both are well. The banana and cherry loaf looks delicious. Your amaryllis looks beautiful in the kitchen. Loved the book readings. Thank you for these brightens my Fridays.
Thank you so much!
Thank you so much for all the work you do and all the beautiful content you put on utube for us. I bet it is a lot of work and I’m glad you slow down to enjoy the things you love. Merci beaucoup...🙏🏻☺️✨✨✨
Thanks very much! xxx
What a wonderful way to start the weekend. Thank you for outstanding videos.
Thank you for the lovely comment! xxx
There's nothing better than kicking off the weekend on a Friday evening than watching the day's episode of "Tea Reads." I have two family recipes that I have been inspired to try to locate: my grandmother's "Flapper's Pudding" recipe and a lemon icebox cake. I haven't thought of these desserts since before I was diagnosed with celiac disease, but if I do find them I will try to adapt them to a gluten free version. That red and white plant behind you in this video is breathtaking. Could you please tell me the name of it?
Gail - unless I'm much mistaken, that plant is an Amaryllis Hippeastrum. They're often sold as a single large bulb at Christmas and can make a long-lasting gift, as they can be regrown for many years.
Thank you very much, Gail! The plant is indeed an Amaryllis. It took ages to bloom, but it's looking lovely now at least! xxx
Thank you both for your replies. In case you can't tell, I am not much of a gardener, but it is nice to know the name of it!
Lovely video. Spring is near. Thank goodness !
Yes indeed!
Love your videos. I have tried to watch other Booktubers but quickly become bored. I find you and Donna so inspiring and always interesting x
That's so kind of your to say - thank you! xxx
I think you would be great narrating an audiobook, Miranda! Your reading had me cracking up! 😂
Haha thanks so much 😂
Its a long weekend here in Victoria Australia so i set to and all inspired baked the Banana and Cherry cake for a houseful of family who came to stay! What a treat. The kitchen smelled all homely and delicious as it was baking such. lovely welcome for family locked down fo so many weeks. .
Thank you and thanks for your work thoughts smiles and ideas. Such a balm to the soul.
Oh I'm so happy you baked it Julie, Thank you! xxx
Absolutely gorgeous bread 🍞!!! Love you ladies 💗
I’m so glad that you are going to be doing videos for Tuesday and Friday. Hopefully this will afford you some time for yourself. Very important. 🤍💐
Thanks very much! It's more about affording me time to do other types of work, but hopefully more time for myself too!! xxx
Enjoyed so much. Your dramatic reading had me laughing. I love you two. Have a great weekend. And I'm hungry.... again. Just sayin 👍💕
Thank you so much! So happy to hear that xxx
Hello Donna and Miranda! This Banana and Cherry Loaf looks delicious. As always was a pleasure watching your video. Have a nice weekend!
Thanks so much, Julia! It's definitely a big favourite in our family xxx
I made my usual banana bran muffins today...but that banana/cherry loaf is calling my name. I was raised on loaf cakes. One of my Mother's best was her Orange Cranberry loaf. She would make about a dozen in small tins, and I got the job of delivering them to all of our neighbors. It's a tradition I carry on. Your books and bakes are always so good that it puts me in a warm and loving mood. All the readings were wonderful. Have you ever done a tea spotlight? I would love some history on proper tea time, both of your favorite blends & such and maybe a tour of your tea pot and tea cups??
Your banana and cherry loaf looked lovely, I love bananas, but sadly they don’t love me 🙄
What a hilarious video, I couldn’t stop chuckling at your reading of Cheerful Weather for a Wedding, it was lovely watching your mum watching you 🥰
It’s so nice to hear your tales of your family and to pick up so many tips from your mum 🤣
Thank you so much, Karen! That's a real shame you can't eat bananas xxx
Also intolerant to bananas, they affect my breathing : /
I have two sons who I love very much, but I always think that if I’d been lucky enough to have had a daughter, then this is how I would have wanted it to be. Cherish every moment. X
How fun! I love family recipes and reminiscing! Loved your readings!
My special recipe is whipped shortbread topped with a candied cherry. It was a recipe that was made every Christmas and I have carried on the tradition. My Grandma grew up on the Canadian prairies (as did I) Saskatchewan to be precise, and yet her Mom was from Leeds so I grew up with a lovely English influence from a young age.
Oh my. I so love these chatty bakes. We have a Nana Christmas album for our record player and I love it! Little Toy Trains is my fave ❤
My favorite recipes are also from my mom and my grandmother; I treasure them so much. Thanks for another delightful video.
When you read from Cheerful weather for a wedding this made me laugh so much 😂, reminded me of my wedding when the zip on wedding dress broke for no reason and the chaos that followed! playing catch up again but great content. Well done Miranda and Donna 👏🏽
love reading and baking with you and ur mom
Very much enjoy this and watching tea reads all the time .❤️☺️
You two are gorgeous,both of you girls! 👧🏻 👧🏻…you both remind me how much I miss my own Mum, whom we lost way too early in life. Still she & I baked together all the C time. My goodness though… it’s stunning how much you look alike. No ☝️ would ever question if you’re Mum & Daughter. And what a cake recipe!! I love it. It’s an unusual combination Cherry🍒&Banana🍌 but I don’t know why, because they’re wonderful together. Can’t wait to try your cake recipe. It looks FUN 🤩!
Looking forward to giving this recipe a try! Thanks for sharing!
Thank you! Hope you enjoy it! xxx
Hi Miranda and Donna, another lovely, cheerful video. I will definitely try this recipe out - it has basic ingredients that are easy to get and it's my birthday on 17 March - I will make it for myself and husband as a birthday treat. I'd like to send you a recipe of mine for an easy dessert "Norwegian custard cream". The original recipe was given to me many years ago by my friend, Christine, a fellow student. But the recipe got so tatty and milk-splashed that I had to type it out. Shall I email it to the contact address on your blog?
Can't take my eyes off your hippeastrum....... it's a stunner.
It took an absolute age to blossom but at least it's not disappointing now!!