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Banana Split Bread

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Course: Desserts
Cuisine: American
Keyword: Banana, cake

Ingredients

  • 3 cups all-purpose flour
  • 2 cups sugar
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 cup sour cream
  • 1/2 cup buttermilk
  • 3 large eggs
  • 3/4 cup oil
  • 1/2 stick butter melted
  • 3 medium very ripe bananas
  • 1 cup chopped pecans
  • 1 cup sweetened coconut
  • 1 cup crushed pineapple drained reserving juice for cream cheese icing
  • 1 cup blueberries
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 1 8 ounce package cream cheese, softened
  • 1/4-1/2 cup pineapple juice
  • 1/4-1/2 cup powdered sugar
  • 1/4 teaspoon coconut extract optional
  • 1/4 teaspoon banana extract optional

Instructions

  • Garnishes: grated chocolate, chopped pecans, shredded coconut, maraschino cherries, hot fudge sauce, salted caramel.
  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees and butter and sugar a 10 inch bundt pan.
  • In a large mixing bowl, combine flour sugar, baking soda and salt.
  • In a separate bowl, stir together eggs, oil, buttermilk, sour cream and butter and add to the flour mixture stirring until incorporated.
  • Stir in additives, banana, blueberries, pecans, coconut, pineapple, etc.
  • Add vanilla and other extracts, flavorings if desired.
  • Pour into bundt or tube pan and bake for 1 hour or longer until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
  • Cool 15 minutes and then turn cake onto a wire rack and allow to cool completely for an hour.
  • Beat the cream cheese until smooth.
  • Add powdered sugar and 1/4 cup pineapple juice and blend until smooth adding more if necessary to reach desired consistency.
  • Pour over cake followed by salted caramel or hot fudge sauce and additional garnishes.
  • So what do you think? Would you leave it, add something or take away to make it yours?
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