Gift of the Magi Bread
From mountainmama 15 years ago
- 50 minutes to make
- Serves 32
My girlfriend makes this extra-special banana bread only once a year to celebrate Christmas. It is loaded with scrumptious ingredients such as coconut, mandarin oranges, dates, cherries, chocolate chips and almonds. Read more A true Christmas Recipe to pass on to the next generation. See less
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup butter, softened shopping list
- 1 cup sugar shopping list
- 2 eggs shopping list
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract shopping list
- 2 cups all-purpose flour shopping list
- 1 teaspoon baking soda shopping list
- 1/2 teaspoon salt shopping list
- 1 cup mashed ripe bananas (about 2 medium) shopping list
- 1 can (11 ounces) mandarin oranges, drained shopping list
- 1 cup flaked coconut shopping list
- 1 cup (6 ounces) semisweet chocolate chips shopping list
- 2/3 cup sliced almonds, divided shopping list
- 1/2 cup chopped maraschino cherries shopping list
- 1/2 cup chopped dates shopping list
How to make it
- In a large mixing bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs and vanilla. Combine the flour, baking soda and salt; add to the creamed mixture alternately with bananas. Stir in the oranges, coconut, chocolate chips, 1/2 cup almonds, cherries and dates.
- Pour into two greased 8-in. x 4-in. loaf pans. Sprinkle with remaining almonds. Bake at 350° for 50-55 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks to cool completely.
- Makes 2 loaves
The Rating
Reviewed by 8 people-
Finally a good fruit cake!
morninlite
in Kalamazoo loved it
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I like any fruitcake that does not contain citron. But a banana fruitbake has got to be onef the best. Thank you for sharing. L.
lasaf
in St. Paul loved it
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My grandmother used to force us to eat the bricks she would call fruit cake when I was younger. This fruit cake sounds more appealing. I may even try this and not remember the bricks. Do the ingredients have a story behind them (which one represents...more
angelinaw
in St Louis loved it
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