banana nut pound cake
This recipe is from the Fig Tree Bakery in Ocracoke, North Carolina. Carol Ritchie use to own it, and she made the most delicious bakery items. This is both a cake and a bread~you can eat it for dessert or for a breakfast snack. Wrap it in parchment paper to take to work as a mid-morning snack. You can also grill thin slices and serve with seasonal fruit as an unusual dessert in the summer.
prep time
15 Min
cook time
1 Hr 20 Min
method
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yield
Ingredients
- 3 large eggs
- 1 cup vegetable oil
- 2 1/2 cups sugar
- 1 1/2 cups mashed bananas
- 1/2 cup buttermilk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 3 cups all purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon soda
- 3/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup chopped walnuts
- 1 cup coconut
How To Make banana nut pound cake
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Step 1Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Grease and flour a 12-cup pan~either bread shaped, tube, or bundt.
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Step 2Using a mixer, beat eggs, oil, and sugar until light and fluffy.
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Step 3In a small bowl, mix bananas, buttermilk, and vanilla. Set aside.
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Step 4Sift flour, soda, and salt and set aside.
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Step 5Alternately add flour and banana mixture in three steps.
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Step 6Stir in chopped nuts and coconut.
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Step 7Pour batter into a greased and floured pan.
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Step 8Bake in a preheated 325-degree oven one hour and twenty minutes, or until the top is browned and springs back to the touch.
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Step 9Cool in pan for fifteen minutes; remove from pan. Place on cooling rack to cool completely. *You can frost or glaze, but it's good enough without.
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Category:
Breakfast
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Cakes
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Tag:
#For Kids
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#Healthy
Diet:
Vegetarian
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#coconut
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#walnuts
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#bananas
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#buttermilk
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