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marie's banana bread/cake

(1 rating)
Recipe by
Marie Ward
Cape Charles, VA

Too many years ago I got a blue ribbon for this recipe. Beat out the city sheriff!! LOL Sweet feeling of a win over him!! Anyway the different thing about this recipe is you fry your bananas. It is really, really good and I have made this for at least 30 years. Hope you enjoy it as much as my family and friends have.

(1 rating)
yield serving(s)
prep time 10 Min
cook time 1 Hr
method Bake

Ingredients For marie's banana bread/cake

  • 3 md
    very ripe bananas (has some brown spots on them)
  • 1/2 c
    butter
  • 1 c
    sugar
  • 1/3 c
    light brown sugar
  • 2 md
    eggs
  • 1 1/2 c
    all-purpose flour
  • 3/4 tsp
    baking soda
  • 3/4 c
    crushed pecans (leave a few out for the top)
  • BROWN SUGAR GLAZE:
  • 1/2 c
    light brown sugar
  • 3 Tbsp
    butter

How To Make marie's banana bread/cake

  • 1
    In a zip loc bag put flour and baking soda. Shake to mix and set aside.
  • 2
    Put sugars and eggs in bowl; beat until fluffy. Fry bananas in butter until soft (mash with a potato masher). Let cool slightly. Add warm bananas to sugar mixture.
  • 3
    Blend the flour and soda mixture (that you have in the zip loc bag) into the sugar, butter and bananas, mix until blended. Pour into a large loaf pan that has been buttered and sprinkled with sugar cinnamon.
  • 4
    Bake at 325 degrees for about an hour or until a broom straw inserted into the middle of the bread comes out clean. Top with brown sugar glaze.
  • 5
    Brown Sugar Glaze: Heat 1/2 cup brown sugar and 3 tablespoons of butter until boiling point(if too thick add about 1 tablespoon of water). Put on top of bread; add crushed nuts.
  • 6
    Note; Baking time will depend on your oven. Check bread/cake after about 45 minutes.

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