Cherry Banana Mini Loaves Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 9x5-inch loaf pan.
• Combine sugar, shortening, eggs, and salt in a large bowl; beat with an electric mixer until well combined.
• Mix flour and baking powder together in a medium bowl. Add flour mixture to shortening mixture in 2 or 3 batches, alternating with maraschino cherry juice, mixing batter well after each addition.
• Cut each cherry into 4 pieces; stir into batter with pecans. Spoon mixture into the prepared loaf pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 1 hour. Cool in the pan for 10 minutes. Run a table knife around the edges to loosen and invert loaf onto a wire rack. Let cool completely.

Steps:

• Drain cherries, reserving 1/4 cup juice; set aside. In a large bowl, combine the flour, sugar, baking powder and salt. In another bowl, whisk eggs and reserved juice; stir into dry ingredients just until moistened. Fold in the walnuts, chocolate chips, dates and cherries., Spoon into three greased 5-3/4x3x2-in. loaf pans. Bake at 325° for 40-45 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pans to a wire rack to cool completely. Wrap and store for 24 hours before serving.

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Spray two 6-by-3-inch miniature loaf pans with cooking spray; set aside.
• Place the banana chips in a large zip-top plastic bag. Press out the air and seal. Using a rolling pin, roll over the chips until crushed.
• Whisk the muffin mix and cocoa in a large bowl. Add the chocolate milk, oil and eggs, stirring until smooth. Stir in the crushed banana chips and chocolate chips. Divide the batter evenly between the pans.
• Bake for 50 to 55 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. Cool in the pans on a rack for 20 minutes.
• Meanwhile, make the glaze: Mix the confectioners' sugar, heavy cream and banana extract in a small bowl. Drizzle the glaze over the loaves and let cool completely.

Steps:

• Heat cherries and brandy in saucepan over low heat just until mixture starts to simmer.
• Remove from heat; let stand 5 minutes for cherries to soften.
• Heat oven to 350 degrees.
• Coat 3 mini loaf pans (6x3x2") with nonstick cooking spray.
• Mix together flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt and allspice in large bowl.
• Beat together eggs and sugars in medium-sized bowl until well blended.
• Beat in buttermilk and oil.
• Make a well in center of flour mixture.
• Add egg mixture to well.
• Stir with a wooden spoon just until the flour mixture is evenly moistened and better comes together.
• Fold in walnuts and cherries with their soaking liquid from the saucepan.
• Divide batter equally among prepared mini loaf pans.
• Bake in 350 degree oven for 30-40 minutes or until wood pick inserted in centers of loaves comes out clean.
• Let loaves cool in pans on wire rack for 10 minutes.
• Turn loaves out onto wire rack to cool.
• NOTE: You can bake 1 9x5x3" loaf.
• Bake at 350 degrees for 60-65 minutes.

Steps:

• cream butter & sugar together until pale
• Mash banana's mix in beaten eggs
• mix wet ingredients into the butter, fold together
• fold in the flour, fruit don't worry if it looks a little curdled just mix a little more.
• Spoon into 1x2lb loaf tin or 2x 1lb loaf tin. Bake for 1 hour 150 c or until a skewer comes out clean. When cool wrap in baking parchment and store in a cool cupboard or freeze.