Recipe(tried): Kona Island Banana Bread - Not the recipe but very moist and dark (Tried/True)

I searched all over for the recipe but couldn't find it. This is the recipe I use personally. It makes a dark, moist banana bread.

Kona Inn Banana Bread
Source: The Fannie Farmer Baking Book by Marion Cunningham

This makes a dark, dense, sweet banana bread. This is just the best. My family eats this plain but I have added walnuts, pecans, chocolate chips to it. It can stand alone. It is fabulous with chocolate frosting (my niece's favorite way of eating it.) I make it in a bundt pan for a nice presentation. I've tried other recipes but this is the one they always talk about... and ask for.

2 1/2 cups flour
1 tsp salt
2 tsp baking soda
1 cup shortening
2 cups sugar
2 cups mashed ripe bananas (about 6 medium-size bananas)
4 eggs, slightly beaten
1 cup chopped walnuts (optiolal)

Preheat oven to 350. Grease and flour loaf pan (or I use a bundt pan). Use Pam spray to ensure non-sticking (even in the non-stick bundt pans I've found.)

Stir and toss together the flour, salt, and baking soda.

In a large bowl, mix the shortening, sugar, mashed bananas, eggs, and walnuts. Add the combined dry ingredients and stir just until the batter in throughly blended. (I use a mixer to blend the ingredients because I find the ingredients don't blend well by hand. About 1-2 minutes medium by electric mixer)

Pour into the prepared pan and bake for about 65-70 minutes or until a skewer inserted in the center of the bread comes out clean. Remove from the oven, and let cool in the pan for about 5 minutes, then turn out in a rack to cool completely.

Enjoy!
Deweydecimal :)