Jamaican Banana Bread

Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 2 tablespoons butter or 2 tablespoons margarine
• 2 tablespoons softened cream cheese (i use 1/3 less fat)
• 1 cup sugar
• 2 cups flour
• 1 egg
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup mashed ripe banana
• 1/2 cup skim milk
• 2 tablespoons dark rum (or 1/4 teaspoon imitation rum extract and 2 tbsp water)
• 1/2 teaspoon grated lime rind
• 2 teaspoons lime juice
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/4 cup chopped toasted pecans
• 1/4 cup coconut
• 1/4 cup brown sugar
• 2 teaspoons butter or 2 teaspoons margarine
• 2 teaspoons lime juice
• 2 teaspoons dark rum
• 2 tablespoons chopped toasted pecans
• 2 tablespoons coconut

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 375 degrees.
• 2 beat 2 tbsp butter and cheese at medium speed. add the sugar, beat well. add the egg, beat well- set aside.
• 3 combine banana and next five ingredients (through vanilla) stirring well.
• 4 add flour to sugar mixture alternately with banana mixture, beginning and ending with flour mixture. mix after each addition.
• 5 add 1/4 cup pecans and 1/4 cup coconut.
• 6 pour into 8x4 loaf pan coated with spray, bake 1 hour.
• 7 cool in pan 10 minutes, remove. cool slightly.
• 8 to make topping, combine brown sugar and 2 tsp each of lime juice, butter, and rum in a saucepan- bring to simmer. cook 1 minute, stirring constantly, remove from heat. stir in remaining nuts and coconut, spoon over loaf.