Nanny's BEST Banana Bread is a lovely soft, moist cake and absolutely delicious with the glaze poured over! A nice, easy recipe and freezer friendly too!
Nanny's BEST Banana Bread is a lovely soft, moist cake and absolutely delicious with the glaze poured over! A nice, easy recipe and freezer friendly too!
Nanny loves to bake, and here, Nanny has kindly shared her super easy peasy Banana Bread recipe along with one of her favourite glazes.
Nanny hopes everyone will enjoy it as much as she does and will go on to make this recipe a 'keeper'. It's so popular with Nanny's grandkids, often requested, so please enjoy everyone! So let's see how to make Nanny's BEST Banana Bread
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Prep Time
10 minutes
Cook Time
40 - 45 minutes
Serves
2 loaf pans or 1 regular bundt pan
Ingredients
2 Cups Sugar
2 Cups Flour
1 tsp. Baking Soda
½ tsp. Salt
3-4 mashed Bananas
1 Cup Vegetable oil
3 Eggs (lightly beaten)
1 Cup chopped Walnuts or Pecans (optional, or a must for Papa)
The Glaze
½ stick or ¼ cup of UNsalted butter, melted
½ Cup of Powdered Sugar
1 tsp. Vanilla
2 Tablespoons Milk
½ tsp. salt
Instructions
1. Preheat oven to 350 F and grease a bundt pan.
2. In a separate bowl, sieve the flour together with the salt and baking soda. Set aside.
3. Mash bananas in a mixing bowl then add oil, then Eggs, then Sugar, and mix well, and then add a little at a time, the flour mixture, stirring so it is combined well.
This photo below shows the addition of macadamia nuts. You choose whichever nuts you prefer, or leave them out completely. Whichever suits you!
4. Transfer the batter to your baking pan (if using a loaf pan, don't forget this makes 2) and cook for 40 - 45 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean.
5. Allow to cool for 5-10 minutes then turn out on cooling racks and let cool completely before you add the glaze.
6. To make the glaze, melt the butter then add the remaining glaze ingredients to the bowl and stir until all combined. Place some parchment or a plate under the bread to catch the drips, then drizzle the glaze all over the cooled bread.
Nanny's Notes:
This bread freezes very well so you could cut into slices and freeze or make up a batch and freeze whole.
Papa enjoys this bread when it is still warm, either cold or warm is nice but don't forget, the glaze should be added once the bread has completely cooled.
If you happen to have a few slices of Nanny's best banana bread left over, make our delicious Banana Cream Cake Trifle. It's quick, easy and soooo good!
We'd love to hear from you and what you thought of Nanny's Best Banana Bread recipe. Did you make any changes or add some other goodies? Let us know in the comments below. Thanks for reading and happy cooking!
Here are some more of Nanny's very popular recipes:
Nanny's Chocolate Fudge Brownie Cake
Nanny's Best Chocolate Brownie Muffins
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Nanny’s BEST Banana Bread
Nanny's BEST Banana Bread is a lovely soft, moist cake and absolutely delicious with the glaze poured over! A nice, easy recipe and freezer friendly too!
Ingredients
- 2 Cups Sugar
- 2 Cups Flour
- 1 tsp . Baking Soda
- ½ tsp . Salt
- 3-4 mashed Bananas
- 1 Cup Vegetable oil
- 3 Eggs, lightly beaten
- 1 Cup chopped Walnuts or Pecans (optional, or a must for Papa)
The Glaze:
- ½ cup stick or ¼ of UNsalted butter, melted
- ½ Cup of Powdered Sugar
- 1 tsp . Vanilla
- 2 Tablespoons Milk
- ½ tsp . salt
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 F and grease a bundt pan.
- In a separate bowl, seive the flour together with the salt and baking soda. Set aside.
- Mash bananas in a mixing bowl then add oil, then Eggs, then Sugar, and mix well, and then add a little at a time, the flour mixture, stirring so it is combined well.
- Transfer the batter to your baking pan (if using loaf pan, don't forget this makes 2) and cook for 40 - 45 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean.
- Allow to cool for 5-10 minutes then turn out on cooling racks and let cool completely before you add the glaze.
- To make the glaze, melt the butter then add the remaining glaze ingredients to the bowl and stir until all combined. Place some parchment or a plate under the bread to catch the drips, then drizzle the glaze all over the cooled bread.
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Nutrition Information:
Yield: 10 Serving Size: 1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 646Total Fat: 32gSaturated Fat: 3gTrans Fat: 1gUnsaturated Fat: 27gCholesterol: 57mgSodium: 383mgCarbohydrates: 87gFiber: 4gSugar: 57gProtein: 7g
Nutrition information isn’t always accurate
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Patsy
says:Delicious❤️
What I love about this recipe, I don’t have to wait for ripe bananas
Jill
says:The cake was very good, but the glaze was way too salty, even with unsalted butter. The melted butter had cooled so it was more like icing than glaze, not sure if that made a difference? We scraped it off and will try a different glaze. Very nice cake though.
Martha Gonzales
says:Just made your recipe and it’s a keeper. Very moist. Easy to make, had all the ingredients without going to the store. The glaze is to die for.
Debi Kelley
says:BEST banana bread I have ever made and I’ve made a ton of them… Thank you soooo much for sharing with everyone. When I made it the very first time I was so nervous about adding all that salt in the glaze but OMG!! It sure is wonderful. Everyone loves it. I’ve made it a ton of times…. actually have 2 loaf pans of it in the oven at this very minute. Not sure how long to cook them because I’ve always done a bundt pan….but I’ll just keep on checking. Added milk chocolate chips this time. I’ve done that in the past and we love it…. with or without.
Thanks again for the recipe…
Debi Kelley
Kathy
says:I am sure this is a good recipe. I used fine almond flour and coconut oil. Absolute disaster! Caved in. I am a pretty fair baker and rarely , rarely have a problem.
Dee Torgerson
says:Just made this banana cake and it turned out great! Thank you for such an easy recipe. I added the toasted walnuts and some mini chocolate chips. Mine came out much darker because I used half dark brown sugar since I only had 1cup of white and only used 3/4 cup of oil. Baked it in a bunt pan at 325* convection for 50 minutes. The hard part was waiting a half hour for it to cool! It is so moist and delicious, thank you again!
Maureen
says:This is a delicious, moist banana cake. The name is deceiving because it bears no resemblance to what most people have come to know as banana bread. So if you are looking for a wonderful and easy cake, this is a must try recipe. If you are want a traditional banana bread, keep looking. ?
Lynn
says:Is this AP flour or self rising flour?
Lovefoodies
says:Hi Lynn, it’s AP Flour. Please enjoy! It’s delicious!
Deadra
says:Best recipe ever! My friends can’t get enough. Mahalo for sharing…Aloha
Gulfcoast864
says:after baking several cakes as per the recipe, all turned out great.
I decided to try adding spiced apples,cream cheese and vanilla flavoring.
The results were awesome. The cake was gone in a few minutes.
I have baked this several times since, with the same results.
I increased the baking time to one hour. It is very important to allow the cake to cool completely before removing from the pan.
Sarah
says:Best banana bread ever!!! I am a mother of five and this banana bread desert didn’t last past 24 hours. They’ve already requested more. Thank you so much for sharing this delicious recipe with our family :)
ANgie
says:This banana bread is the best ever, I’ve been cooking for 50 years and always looking for a good banana bread recipe well I’ve finally found it! Thank you so much for sharing! I make lots of it for gifts at Christmas I’m so excited to share it this year!
Kathy Sansone
says:Awesome recipe, made it twice and everyone loved it, I have read all the comments after I made it and may cut back the sugar if it doesn’t affect the taste! Thank you for sharing!
Sunshine baker
says:I used 1 1/4 cup sugar. Two cups would have been way too sweet. I think 1 cup would be fine since the bananas I use are always very ripe. I put a small portion of the batter with chocolate chips in two mini IKEA pans. The rest of the batter I added toasted walnuts and put it in a bundt pan. The cakes are very moist and have a crunchy outside. Delicious!
Sandi
says:I halted the recipe (I used two medium bananas and two large eggs) added macadamia nuts, vanilla, and cinnamon, extended the baking time ( for one loaf pan) and omg. My family wouldn’t stay out of the kitchen WHILE IT WAS STILL BAKING. I skipped the glaze and paired it with homemade strawberry jam and wow. Out of this world. Great base recipe, yields great texture. Thanks!