Banana Coconut Cardamom Bread Recipes

BANANA, COCONUT & CARDAMOM BREAD

Steps:

• Heat the oven to 160C/140C fan/gas 3. Butter a 900g loaf tin and line with a long strip of baking parchment. Melt the coconut oil or butter in a pan or the microwave. Mash the bananas and add the oil or butter, eggs, sugar and yogurt.
• Combine the flour, baking powder, crushed cardamom and a pinch of salt in a bowl. Add the wet ingredients and whisk to a smooth batter. Pour into the tin and bake for 1 hr 10 mins until golden and risen. Insert a skewer into the centre of the cake to make sure it's cooked - it should come out with a few crumbs but no wet cake mixture. If needed, return the cake to the oven for another 5-10 mins, then check again, and keep going until it's cooked. Serve slightly warm. Once cool, keep in a tin for up to five days.

BANANA COCONUT LOAF

Steps:

• Mix together flour, coconut, baking powder, baking soda, salt, chopped walnuts, and cherries.
• Break eggs in a mixing bowl, and beat until light and frothy. Add sugar and melted butter or margarine. Beat well. Stir in mashed banana and flavoring. Add flour mixture, and stir just to combine. Spoon into greased 9x5x3 inch loaf pan.
• Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 1 hour, or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Let stand for 10 minutes, and remove from pan. Cool.

BANANA PECAN COCONUT MUFFINS OR BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375.
• Place muffin liners in pan, or grease pan.
• Cream butter and brown sugar.
• Add eggs to butter and sugar, combine.
• Add bananas, combine well.
• Combine flour, salt, soda and cardamom together and then add to sugar mixture, stir until barely incorporated.
• Stir in pecans and coconut.
• Spoon into muffin tins and bake for about 20 minutes, until center is just set, they won't brown very much.
• I love these spread with even *more* butter!