Banana bread with chai crème fraîche

Banana bread

• 45 g grapeseed oil plus extra to grease
• 50 g black sesame seeds
• 50 g white sesame seeds
• 100 g dried figs
• 150 g water
• 40 g unsalted butter
• 300 g ripe bananas (approx. 3), cut into pieces, plus 1 extra banana cut into halves, to decorate
• 2 eggs
• 170 g caster sugar
• 200 g plain flour
• 2 tsp cornflour
• 1 tsp ground cinnamon
• 1 tsp baking powder
• ½ tsp bicarbonate of soda
• 1 pinch sea salt
• raw cashew nuts to sprinkle (approx. 5 tbsp)

Chai crème fraîche

• 1 tbsp coconut sugar
• 1 orange peel only, no white pith and juice of half an orange (approx. 40 g)
• 2 tbsp chai powder (see Tips)
• 400 g crème fraîche