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Banana bread cooks beautifully in the air fryer.
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Air fryer banana bread

This easy air fryer banana bread, which comes together in under 50 minutes, is an excellent way to use ripe bananas.

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Jane de Graaff
Butterscotch and pecan banana splits.
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Adam Liaw’s butterscotch and pecan banana splits

Best shared between two, this playful dessert shows a bit more restraint than the classic multicoloured banana split.

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Adam Liaw
Top with icing sugar or treat yourself to the penuche icing.
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Banana and pear loaf with fudgy caramel icing

Take your banana cake to the next level with extra fruit and a rich penuche topping.

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Helen Goh
Apple and banana loaf.
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Adam Liaw’s apple and banana loaf

This apple and banana loaf is incredibly moist and perfect as a dessert with a dollop of cream, toasted for breakfast, or packed into a lunch box.

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Adam Liaw
Indian fruit custard.
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Adam Liaw’s Indian fruit custard

This popular Indian dessert is usually made with powdered custard. I’m not a huge fan, so here’s a version that starts with a crème anglaise.

  • 2 hrs +
  • Adam Liaw
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Bill Granger’s ricotta hotcakes.
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How to make Australia’s most famous weekend brunch dish at home

Like the recipe’s creator, Bill Granger, these fluffy ricotta hotcakes, served with honeycomb butter and banana, are the stuff of Australian legend.

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Bill Granger
Banana pancakes with toasted almonds.
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Adam Liaw’s banana pancakes with toasted almonds

Adam Liaw reflects on the legacy of restaurateur and food writer Bill Granger with this sunny brunch recipe.

  • 2 hrs +
  • Adam Liaw
Crepes with hazelnut chocolate spread and bananas.
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Crepes with bananas and home-made hazelnut chocolate spread

Julia Busuttil Nishimura tops the weekend brunch favourite with velvety choc-nut spread and fresh fruit.

  • < 30 mins
  • Julia Busuttil Nishimura
Helen Goh’s banana, rye and cocoa tart with miso caramel.

20 sweet and squishy dishes to go bananas over

Whether you pair the fruit with caramel, chocolate or keep it simple, you’re sure to find an agreeable recipe among this bunch.

Helen Goh’s banana, rye and cocoa tart with miso caramel.

Helen Goh’s next-level banoffee pie with miso caramel, double banana and rye-cocoa crust

The only downside to this banana and caramel tart is you’ll end up eating more of it than you’d planned.

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Helen Goh