Grendal
07-16-2011, 01:59 PM
Made expecially for my cousin's daughter, brianna rose. This quick bread is packed full of cherries and coconut. This was the first and only dish that disappeared at the baby shower, not even the alluminum pan was left! Great to have kids to help mix it! It's a dense bread when mixed by hand, light when mixed by electric mixer. So it's kinda like a bread and a cake depending how you do it.
4 jars marachino cherries (10 oz jars, can use bigger though)
7 cups flour
8 tsp baking powder
2 tsp salt
1 1/2 cups butter stick
2 2/3 cup brown sugar (palm sugar is good too)
8 eggs
4 cups mashed banana
2 cups toasted coconut (or shredded or flakes) (used 16 oz bag myself)
4 tbsp brown sugar(or palm sugar)
8 tbsp marashino cherry juice
Lightly spray large baking pan with non stick cooking spray.
Drain marashino cherries, (reserve 8 tablespoons juice), set aside.
Combine flour, baking powder, and salt, set aside. In mixing bowl, add butter, sugar, eggs, and cherry juice, mix on medium speed (or by hand) until thoroughly combined. Add flour mixture and mashed bananas, 1 cup at a time alternatively. Beginning and ending with flour. Stir in cherries (I like whole) and coconut. Spread batter in pan, sprinkle batter with 4 tbsps brown sugar if desired. Bake at 350 for 4 hours till golden brown and wooden pick inserted near center comes out clean. Remove from pan, let cool store tightly.
Subsitutions
Palm sugar can usually be found in any well stocked asian markets. Jaggery is also good too. Look for this is Indian or Asian markets. It should crumble when you squeeze it. Substitutes: Mix 1 C dark brown sugar + 2 teaspoons molasses OR jaggery OR piloncillo OR brown sugar OR maple sugar OR date sugar or muscovado sugar. For bananas, plantains, or red bananas wich has a purple peel. You can probably get away with mangos peaches OR nectarines OR papayas OR Cantaloupe OR honeydew melon OR kiwifruit For coconut you can use Brazil nuts OR macadamia nuts OR paradise nut OR almonds OR pecans OR cashews OR pistachios (unsalted) OR Hazelnuts OR beechnuts
Notes below
AH but the fun does not stop there, yes it's ready to serve but the bananas don't pop through.
To top it, I make a clear banana glaze....
1 cup confectioners' sugar
6-8 tsp. banana nectar
In bowl, combine confectioners' sugar, and banana nectar until smooth. Drizzle over cooled cake.
Banana nectar
Banana pieces ----- 2 cups
Milk ----- 2 cups
Sugar ----- 2 cups
Ice cubes ----- 4 or 5
Take a jar and add banana pieces, sugar in it.
Make it as a thick juice.
After add milk in it.
Now blend it once and add ice cubes also.
After adding cubes, blend it once and make it as a juice.
Take the juice into glasses and serve.
Now you are ready with banana juice infront of you.
Drink and enjoy the very tasty, delicious and yummy juice item banana juice.
4 jars marachino cherries (10 oz jars, can use bigger though)
7 cups flour
8 tsp baking powder
2 tsp salt
1 1/2 cups butter stick
2 2/3 cup brown sugar (palm sugar is good too)
8 eggs
4 cups mashed banana
2 cups toasted coconut (or shredded or flakes) (used 16 oz bag myself)
4 tbsp brown sugar(or palm sugar)
8 tbsp marashino cherry juice
Lightly spray large baking pan with non stick cooking spray.
Drain marashino cherries, (reserve 8 tablespoons juice), set aside.
Combine flour, baking powder, and salt, set aside. In mixing bowl, add butter, sugar, eggs, and cherry juice, mix on medium speed (or by hand) until thoroughly combined. Add flour mixture and mashed bananas, 1 cup at a time alternatively. Beginning and ending with flour. Stir in cherries (I like whole) and coconut. Spread batter in pan, sprinkle batter with 4 tbsps brown sugar if desired. Bake at 350 for 4 hours till golden brown and wooden pick inserted near center comes out clean. Remove from pan, let cool store tightly.
Subsitutions
Palm sugar can usually be found in any well stocked asian markets. Jaggery is also good too. Look for this is Indian or Asian markets. It should crumble when you squeeze it. Substitutes: Mix 1 C dark brown sugar + 2 teaspoons molasses OR jaggery OR piloncillo OR brown sugar OR maple sugar OR date sugar or muscovado sugar. For bananas, plantains, or red bananas wich has a purple peel. You can probably get away with mangos peaches OR nectarines OR papayas OR Cantaloupe OR honeydew melon OR kiwifruit For coconut you can use Brazil nuts OR macadamia nuts OR paradise nut OR almonds OR pecans OR cashews OR pistachios (unsalted) OR Hazelnuts OR beechnuts
Notes below
AH but the fun does not stop there, yes it's ready to serve but the bananas don't pop through.
To top it, I make a clear banana glaze....
1 cup confectioners' sugar
6-8 tsp. banana nectar
In bowl, combine confectioners' sugar, and banana nectar until smooth. Drizzle over cooled cake.
Banana nectar
Banana pieces ----- 2 cups
Milk ----- 2 cups
Sugar ----- 2 cups
Ice cubes ----- 4 or 5
Take a jar and add banana pieces, sugar in it.
Make it as a thick juice.
After add milk in it.
Now blend it once and add ice cubes also.
After adding cubes, blend it once and make it as a juice.
Take the juice into glasses and serve.
Now you are ready with banana juice infront of you.
Drink and enjoy the very tasty, delicious and yummy juice item banana juice.