Recipe: Banana and Mango Bread

BANANA AND MANGO BREAD

1 cup butter, softened
1 1/4 cups packed brown sugar
3 eggs
3 cups self-rising flour
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
1/4 tsp grated fresh nutmeg
1 1/2 cups mashed ripe bananas
1 small ripe mango, peeled and pureed
1 cup golden raisins
1/2 cup chopped walnuts

In a bowl, cream the butter with sugar until fluffy; beat in eggs, one at a time, until incorporated.

In another bowl, combine flour with salt, cinnamon and nutmeg. Set aside.

Combine mashed bananas with mango puree.

Mix the dry ingredients and banana mixture, alternately, into the creamed mixture until batter is just combined.

Fold in raisins and nuts. Pour batter into 2 greased (8 1/2 x 4 1/2-inch) loaf pans.

Bake at 350 degrees F for 50-60 minutes or until cake tester inserted in the centre tests done. Leave in pan for 10 minutes; remove form loaf pans and let cool on racks.

Makes 2 loaves
Source: The Gazette, 2013