Recipe: Yellowman's Banana Lime Bread

Yellowman's Banana Lime Bread
Source: Sundays At Moosewood Restaurant

Batter:
3/4 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup butter
2 eggs, lightly beaten
1 cup mashed bananas (about 3)
3 Tablespoons milk (or plain yogurt)
1 Tablespoon fresh lime juice
1/2 teaspoon ginger
3/4 cup unsweetened grated coconut
2 cups white flour
1 teaspoon baking powder

Glaze:
1/4 cup brown sugar
1 Tablespoon butter
1 Tablespoon rum
3 Tablespoons fresh lime juice
1/4 cup unsweetened grated coconut, toasted*

Preheat oven to 350 Degrees F. and butter a 9 x 5 x 3-inch loaf pan.

To make the batter, in a large mixing bowl, cream the sugar and butter. Stir in the egg, bananas, milk or yogurt, and lime juice. Add the salt, ginger, and grated coconut and mix well. Sift the flour and baking powder together in a separate bowl. Add the dry ingredients to the wet one and mix them until smooth. Pour the batter into the buttered loaf pan.

Bake for one hour. Cool the bread for about 10 minutes before removing from the pan.

Meanwhile, for the glaze, combine the brown sugar, butter, rum and lime juices in a small saucepan on low heat. Stir constantly for 5 minutes, until it becomes a thin syrup. Pour the glaze over the loaf spreading it with a spatula or spoon to coat the top and sides, sprinkle with toasted grated coconut evenly over the glazed loaf.

*To toast the coconut spread on a baking sheet and toast in the oven or toaster oven, 1 minute in a toaster oven and about 10 minutes in a regular oven. Watch it closely so it does'nt burn.