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Cardamom Banana Bread
Jen
"This fragrant bread is better than original banana bread. If you don't have cardamom, you can substitute ground nutmeg. This bread keeps for 5 days without refrigeration."
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Ingredients
1 h 20 m servings 281Original recipe yields 12 servings (1 loaf)
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Directions
{{model.addEditText}} Print- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease one 9x5 inch loaf pan.
- In a small saucepan, combine the raisins and the rum. Cook over medium heat until simmering, then remove from the heat and allow to cool 10 minutes.
- In a large bowl, mix together the mashed bananas, brown sugar, canola oil, and eggs with an electric mixer for 1 minute. Sift together the all-purpose flour, whole wheat flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and ground cardamom; stir into the egg mixture with a spoon until well blended, Stir in the walnuts and the rum soaked raisins last. Pour the batter into the prepared pan.
- Bake in the preheated oven for 50 to 60 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean. Allow bread to cool slightly before removing from the pan.
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Most helpful positive review
12/29/2000
This was delicious. I must admit that I had problems as I started to prepare this recipe. When I got the the portion for the flour, I couldn't believe that it took only 3/4 cup. I looked at o...
Most helpful critical review
3/19/2000
It was a little bit dry and I would add a little more sugar, but my kids loved it "as is".
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12/29/2000
This was delicious. I must admit that I had problems as I started to prepare this recipe. When I got the the portion for the flour, I couldn't believe that it took only 3/4 cup. I looked at o...
3/19/2000
It was a little bit dry and I would add a little more sugar, but my kids loved it "as is".
8/7/2004
I love this recipe but I made a few changes. I added an extra tsp. of baking powder, used apple juice instead of rum, only had 1/3 cup brown sugar so used white for remainder, used only 3/4 c. ...
12/13/2009
This recipe is sort of a cross between fruit cake and banana bread. The rum-soaked raisins and cardamom are the bridging ingredients. They really give otherwise boring banana bread an extra ki...
4/7/2007
used chopped dried pineapple instead of raisins, ended up adding some extra rum because the batter seemed too dry, used 1/2 c brown sugar, used 1 egg and 2 egg whites, added about 1/2 c pineappl...
6/9/2006
I, too, found this bread lacking in the sweetness department. Next time I make it, I'll add more sugar or another banana. The texture was great, and the juicy rum raisins saved the day. I can't ...
10/26/2005
Wonderful. This is not your average banana bread. It is so much better. Did not have the overpowering banana flavor - which I liked. Not too sweet, which I also liked. Loved the texture, unlike ...