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Pineapple Coconut Banana Bread

August 3, 2012 By Korena in the Kitchen 15 Comments

I have a banana bread weakness. Whenever I see a new and interesting recipe, especially one that has been raved about, I can’t help myself: I have to make it. I stockpile over-ripe, frozen bananas in my freezer (I think that’s a form of enabling) just so that I can bake banana bread whenever the mood strikes me, as it did the moment I read about this sugar-topped coconut version.

I had most of a can of pineapple in the fridge and thought it would be a good addition to the loaf. It was. And while the coconut and pineapple add texture and sweetness, the sugar on top adds crunch, and the dark rum adds a bit of luxury, my favorite part of this banana bread is the hint of nutmeg in the batter. Somehow it brings all the flavours together and makes them sing. I know this sounds awfully flowery for a loaf of banana bread, but MAN is it ever good!…

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Filed Under: Breakfast & Brunch, Fruit, Other Baked Goods & Sweets, Recipes Tagged With: baking, banana bread, demerara sugar, food, pineapple coconut banana bread, recipe, tropical flavours, turbinado sugar

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