South African Banana Bread

1/2 cup butter, softened
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
2 cups plain flour
2 tsp baking powder
4 - 6 very ripe bananas
1 tsp vanilla essence
1/2 tsp salt
3/4 cup chopped walnuts or pecan nuts

Directions:
Beat together the butter and sugar until creamy. Add the vanilla.
Add the eggs one by one and mix well after each addition.
Sift together the dry ingredients and mis into the butter/sugar/egg mix. Mash the bananas and add to the mixture.
Pour into a small greased loaf tin and bake at 180C for one hour or until the bread starts to pull away slightly from the sides of the tin. Allow to cool before removing from the tin and slicing.