Is Banana bread the same as Banana cake

with less sugar and of course no icing.I would love a recipe for banana bread if you have one handy, thank you.

my mum used to make banana bread and it's very different from banana cake. I should ask her for the recipe cos as a kid, I loved banana bread!! Thx for the reminder - I'll let you know if she still has the recipe :)

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This one is nice. Can leave out the chocolate and walnuts if not liked.
Chocolate Banana Bread

2 mashed over-ripe bananas
3/4 cup caster sugar
11/4 cups plain flour
2 tsps baking powder
2 lightly beaten eggs
1/4 cup milk
1/4 cup vegetable oil
100 g grated dark chocolate
1 extra banana sliced lengthways
1/4 cup walnuts

Combine the bananas,sugar,sifted
flour and baking powder in a large
bowl, make a well in the centre.
Add combined eggs, milk and oil,
mix well. stir in chocolate.
Pour into a prepared loaf tin
arrange the banana slices and
walnuts on top.
180c for about 1 hour.
Stand for 5 minutes before
removing from tin.

I have made this one lots of times - it's yummy.

Choc Banana Bread

(Bill's Food by Bill Granger)

250g (2 cups) plain flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
125g unsalted butter, softened (I have always used salted)
250g (1 cup) caster sugar
4 ripe bananas, mashed
2 eggs, lightly beaten
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
175g (1 cup) good quality dark or milk chocolate chips (I use dark chocolate drops)

Preheat the oven to 180 deg.
Sift the flour and baking powder. Mix butter, sugar, banana, eggs, vanilla and chocolate chips in a separate bowl and add to the dry ingredients. Stir, but do not overmix.
Bake for 1 hour 15 mins in a greased and lightly floured19 x 11cm loaf tin, or until cooked when tested with a skewer.
Leave to cool in the tin for 5 mins before turning out on to a wire rack to cool.
Serve sliced thickly with butter.

Thanks very much for recipes.

In English speaking countries Banana bread is the same as Banana cake - both have sugar in them.

In the rest of the world cake is made with sugar and bread has no sugar and is usually made with yeast or sourdough (except for some English "breads" which are made with baking soda or baking powder).