Bananas Foster Banana Bread

Filled with pecans and toffee pieces and drizzled with a banana, rum & butter glaze, Bananas Foster Banana Bread is the most delicious banana bread ever!

A friend of mine, Sarah at Sarah’s Cucina Bella, shared this simple and fantastic egg dish. While I’m dying to try it, I also noticed a photo of a bread in the right column and had to check it out; lucky for me it was a recipe for a Banana Toffee Bread. Sounded so good and I morphed it into this over the top Bananas Foster Banana Bread.

When I saw that her Banana Bread had toffee in it; I was all in. But what really hit me was a moment of ‘THAT’S IT!’ That was exactly what I needed to add to the mix for a banana bread I had not quite perfected; one reminiscent of the flavors of one of my favorite desserts, Crepês ala Bananas Foster.

My recipe calls for a warm mixture of butter, brown sugar, rum, and sautéed banana that is served atop a crêpe that’s been rolled around vanilla ice cream. I wanted that flavor in a banana bread and Sarah had given me a great start. The toffee…that was exactly what I needed!

Sarah’s bread sounded fantastic so I used it as a start; only adding pecans to the toffee in the loaf and then finishing with my contribution, the bananas foster sauce. Trust me, this is totally decadent but in a nutshell, it worked. It was so good as a matter of fact that I did NOT notify my neighbors about it; nope, I squirreled the whole thing away just for me.

I feel some guilt over that and I shouldn’t, right?

The mixing and baking were pretty straightforward. I live at an altitude of 6200′ though and one of my ways to get the bread to form some structure to match the faster rise is to turn up the oven temp by 10 degrees…this aluminum foil collar helps keeps the edges from turning too dark from that extra heat; you might not need it but in case you do? A picture is worth a thousand words!

One note…all of my recipes are for sea level; I’ll modify something to make it work for me at altitude, but these recipes were meant to work for most. I’ll fiddle in my kitchen but keep recipes on the blog the ‘flatlander’ version.

If you’re not trying to grab this loaf of Bananas Foster Banana Bread, please see your doctor; it is absolutely decadently delicious. And  yes, I could eat that syrup with a spoon! When I was making the syrup I started with a pretty standard mixture I’ve used for other baked goods; rum, butter, and brown sugar, and a bit of water.

It wasn’t what I was looking for though and then I realized why. Bananas Foster has banana slices sauteed in the sauce…and voila what a difference that made. It also has banana liqueur which would be nice but I didn’t have any and hesitate to insist that you run out and buy some; it’s delish without!

The banana released both moisture and flavor and there, that was it, the flavor that I loved. After the mixture cooked and cooled just a bit, I scooped out the banana slices before drenching the bread…let’s call those the chef’s treat. Eat them and don’t share. They are out of this world delicious!

When all of that delicious sauce did not soak into the bread I put it to good use, spooning a bit over each slice. You know because this wasn’t already over the top, right? I know for a couple of days I almost ran to the kitchen to make coffee in the morning; not because of the coffee so much as having this Bananas Foster Banana Bread with it.

Seriously this is amazing; I venture to say the best banana bread I’ve ever made. Thank you Sarah and Brennan’s Restaurant in New Orleans; I couldn’t have done it without you!

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Bananas Foster Banana Bread

Barbara Baker

So rich and tender; filled with pecans and toffee pieces and drizzled with a banana and rum butter glaze, Bananas Foster Banana Bread is the most decadent and delicious banana bread ever!

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Prep Time 20 minutes mins

Cook Time 1 hour hr 10 minutes mins

Total Time 1 hour hr 30 minutes mins

Course Breads

Cuisine American

Servings 12 slices

Calories 518 kcal

Ingredients

  

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• ½ cup unsalted butter softened to room temperature
• 1 cup packed light brown sugar
• 2 large eggs
• 4 bananas ripe, mashed
• 2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• ¼ cup dark rum
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 tablespoon baking powder
• ½ teaspoon kosher salt
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1 cup toffee pieces
• 1 ⅓ cups chopped pecans divided

For the Glaze

• 1 tablespoon Water
• 2 tablespoons Dark Rum
• 2 tablespoons Butter
• ¼ cup brown sugar
• ½ teaspoon cinnamon
• 1 banana ripe but firm, peeled and sliced

Instructions

 

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Spray a 9-inch by 5-inch loaf pan with cooking oil spray. Fit a piece of parchment paper in the bottom of the pan going across the long end; have the ends come up and sides and have about a 1 inch overhang. Spray it with the cooking oil spray. Set aside.
• Combine the butter and sugar in the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment. Mix on medium speed until the mixture looks light and fluffy. Add one egg at a time, beating well each time. Add the bananas, vanilla, and rum to the mixture and mix well on medium speed.
• In a small bowl, sift together the flour, baking powder, salt, and cinnamon. With the mixer running on its lowest speed, add the flour mixture to the bowl little by little, until just combined.
• Add the toffee pieces and one cup of chopped pecans to the batter and mix until just combined. Pour the batter into the prepared loaf pan and spread with a spatula to level.
• Put the pan into the preheated oven and bake for about 1 hour. The bread is done when a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
• Remove the bread from the oven let cool for 10 minutes. Remove the bread from the pan using the parchment paper if necessary, peel the paper off and put the bread back into the pan. Poke a lot of little holes across the top of the bread using a toothpick and sprinkle the remaining pecans on the top of the bread.
• While the bread is cooling, heat the water, rum, butter, brown sugar, cinnamon, and sliced banana together in a small saucepan, boil for one minute and then remove from heat, scoop out the pieces of banana and set aside.
• When the bread has cooled slightly, slowly pour the sauce across the top of the bread, having it cover the pecans and the bread and slow enough to let most of it soak into the holes with the excess running back into the pan.
• Let the bread cool for at least five minutes and then remove the bread to a plate; slice and serve warm.
• Those banana pieces? Serve them on the side or pop them in your mouth for a treat; you deserve it!

Nutrition

Nutrition Facts

Bananas Foster Banana Bread

Serving Size

 

1 slice

Amount per Serving

Calories

518

% Daily Value*

Fat

 

26

g

40

%

Cholesterol

 

77

mg

26

%

Sodium

 

265

mg

12

%

Carbohydrates

 

65

g

22

%

Protein

 

5

g

10

%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

Calories

518

Keyword bananas foster, beer bread, blackberry, overnight, french toast, breakfast, pecans

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