Caribbean Banana Bread Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. Lightly spoon flour into dry measuring cups; level with a knife. Combine flour, baking soda, and salt, stirring with a whisk. Place granulated sugar and butter in a large bowl; beat with a mixer at medium speed until well blended. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Add banana, yogurt, rum, and vanilla; beat until blended. Add flour mixture; beat at low speed just until moist. Stir in 1/2 cup coconut. Spoon batter into a 9 x 5-inch loaf pan coated with cooking spray; sprinkle with 1 tablespoon coconut. Bake at 350° for 1 hour or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pan 10 minutes on a wire rack; remove from pan. Combine powdered sugar and juice, stirring with a whisk; drizzle over warm bread. Cool completely on wire rack.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Lightly grease two 8x4 inch loaf pans.
• Beat together 2 tablespoons of softened butter and cream cheese in a large bowl until fluffy. Slowly beat in sugar until well incorporated. Add the egg and mix well. Sift together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a separate bowl. In a different bowl, mix together the bananas, milk, 2 tablespoons rum, lime zest, lime juice, and vanilla extract; stir well. Pour 1/3 of the flour mixture into the butter and mix well. Mix in 1/2 of the mashed bananas. Continue with another 1/3 of the flour, followed by the remaining banana mixture, and finally the remaining flour. Fold in 1/4 cup pecans and 1/4 cup coconut flakes.
• Pour the mixture into the loaf pans, and bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about one hour. When finished, cool for 10 minutes in the pan, remove, and finish cooling on a wire rack.
• After you take the banana bread out of the oven, prepare the topping by stirring together the brown sugar, remaining butter, lime juice, and 2 teaspoons of rum in a small saucepan over medium-high heat. Bring to a simmer stirring constantly; cook until the sugar has dissolved and the mixture is smooth, about one minute. Remove from heat, and stir in 2 tablespoons pecans, and 2 tablespoons coconut. Spoon this topping over the loaves while they are still warm. The topping will harden slightly when the loaf cools.

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. Coat an.
• 8 x 4 inch loaf pan with cooking spray and.
• set aside. Beat 2 tablespoons of margarine.
• and cheese at medium speed of a mixer, add.
• 1 cup sugar, beating well, add egg and beat well.
• Combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda with salt in a separate bowl, stir well. In a separate bowl, combine the banana, milk, vanilla and 2 tbls rum.
• Next add flour mixture to creamed mixture.
• alternating with the banana mixture, mix.
• after each addition. Next stir in 1/4 cup.
• pecans and 1/4 cup of coconut.
• Pour batter into prepared pan; bake at 375.
• degrees F. for 60 minutes. Let cool in pan.
• for 10 minutes, remove from the pan Let it.
• cool slightly on a wire rack.
• Combine brown sugar along with 2 teaspoons.
• each margarine with the lime juice and rum.
• right into the sauce pan and bring it to a.
• simmer.
• Cook for 1 minute, stir constantly. Remove.
• from heat and stir in 2 tablespoon of each.
• pecans and the coconut spoon over the loaf.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350. Grease a loaf pan.
• Cream together butter and sugar. Stir in eggs, banana, yogurt and lime juice. Add salt, ginger and coconut. Mix well.
• In a separate bowl, sift together dry ingredients. Add to the wet mixture and mix until smooth. Pour into loaf pan.
• Bake 1 hour or until done. Cool for 10 minute.
• Meanwhile, make the glaze. Combine the brown sugar, butter, rum and lime juice in a small saucepan over low heat, stirring constantly for about 5 minutes or until it becomes a thin syrup.
• Pour over the cooled loaf and sprinkle with toasted coconut.