Banana Rum Raisin Mini Loaves Recipes

BANANA-RUM RAISIN MINI LOAVES

Steps:

• Reserve 2 tablespoons rum. In 1-quart saucepan, heat raisins and remaining rum to boiling over medium-high heat. Remove from heat. Cover; let stand 1 hour. Heat oven to 375°F. Spray bottoms only of foil loaf pans with cooking spray.
• In medium bowl, stir quick bread mix, raisin-rum mixture, coconut milk, oil and eggs just until moistened. Pour into pans.
• Bake 30 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 5 minutes. Run knife around sides of pans to loosen loaves; remove from pans to cooling racks. Cool completely, about 1 hour. Return loaves to pans. Heat oven to 350°F. Bake coconut in a shallow pan for 5 to 7 minutes, stirring occasionally, until golden brown.
• In small bowl, mix powdered sugar and reserved 2 tablespoons rum. Drizzle over tops of loaves; sprinkle with coconut. Let stand 1 hour or until glaze is set.

MINI BANANA BREADS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F. Grease bottoms only of 10 (4 1/2x2 1/2x1 1/2-inch) mini loaf pans with shortening or cooking spray.
• In large bowl, mix sugar and butter with spoon. Stir in eggs until well blended. Add bananas, buttermilk and vanilla; beat until smooth. Stir in flour, baking soda and salt just until moistened. Stir in nuts. Divide batter evenly among pans, filling each with about 1/2 cup batter.
• Bake 30 to 35 minutes or until toothpick inserted in centers comes out clean. Cool 5 minutes. Loosen sides of loaves from pans; remove from pans to cooling racks. Cool completely, about 2 hours. Wrap tightly and store at room temperature up to 4 days, or refrigerate up to 10 days.

RUM AND RAISIN BANANA BREAD

Steps:

• Combine the raisins and rum in a small bowl, cover, and leave to sit and soak for at least 8 hours, preferably overnight.
• Preheat the oven to 170ºC (325ºF) and grease and line a 20 x 10 cm (8 x 4 in) loaf tin with non-stick baking paper. Be sure to leave a couple inches of overhang for easy removal.
• Sift the flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, and cinnamon together into a bowl and set aside.
• In a large bowl, whisk together the mashed bananas and melted butter until combined. Add the coconut sugar and vanilla extract and whisk well. Crack in the egg and whisk until fully incorporated.
• Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and stir together until combined.
• Tip in the rum-soaked raisins and any remaining liquid. Fold in well.
• Pour the batter into the prepared tin and bake for 45-50 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out clean.
• Leave the loaf to cool in the tin for 10 minutes, then remove to a wire rack to cool completely.
• In a small saucepan, whisk together the flour and milk over a medium-low heat until slightly thickened. It should be able to lightly coat the back of a spoon.
• Remove the mixture from the heat and whisk in the agave syrup, salt, vanilla extract, and rum.
• Strain the glaze through a metal sieve to remove any excess flour lumps. Allow to cool to room temperature and thicken slightly before pouring the glaze over the cooled banana bread.

MINI BANANA NUT BREAD

Steps:

• In a small bowl, cream shortening and sugar. Beat in egg and vanilla. Combine the flour, baking soda and salt; add to creamed mixture alternately with banana. Fold in walnuts. , Transfer to a 5-3/4x3x2-in. loaf pan coated with cooking spray. Bake at 325° for 50-55 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pan to a wire rack to cool completely.

EGGNOG MINI LOAVES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. In a large bowl, combine the flour, baking powder, salt, cinnamon and nutmeg. In another bowl, beat the eggs, eggnog, sugar, butter and extracts; stir into dry ingredients just until moistened., Pour into three greased 5-3/4x3x2-in. loaf pans. Bake until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, 30-35 minutes. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks.

SUPER MOIST RUM & RAISIN BANANA BREAD

Steps:

• In a small saucepan, place the sultanas (or raisins) and add the dark rum (or bourbon). Bring to a boil over medium heat.
• Remove the saucepan from heat, cover with its lid. Let it sit for at least an hour, or until almost all the rum (or bourbon) has been absorbed into the sultanas (or raisins). Drain the excess liquor.
• Pre-heat the oven to 170 deg C (or 325 deg F). Grease and line a loaf tin (23 x 13 x 7 cm / 9 x 5 x 3 inches) with baking paper.
• Place the flour, baking powder, bicarbonate of soda and salt in a mixing bowl. Mix together well till thoroughly combined with a wooden spoon or using your hands.
• In a mixer bowl, place the melted butter and sugar and beat until blended. Beat in the eggs, one at a time, then the mashed bananas. Then, with a wooden spoon, stir in the pecans (or walnuts), drained sultanas (or raisins) and vanilla extract. Stir in the flour mixture, a third at a time, combining well after each third.
• Pour out into prepared tin . Bake in the middle of the oven for 1 to 1 1/4 hours. At the end of 1 hour, test with a metal or bamboo skewer inserted into the centre of the loaf. If the skewer comes out with wet dough, continue to bake for another 5 minutes, and test again. Repeat every 5 minutes until skewer comes out somewhat clean of sticky batter. Leave in the tin on a rack to cool. Slice thickly or thinly as desired, and serve warm.

MOIST BANANA BREAD (RUM BANANA BREAD)

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350°F (180°C). Mash the bananas using the back of the spoon or a masher, until mushy.
• Put the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt in a medium-sized bowl and, using your hands or a wooden spoon, combine well.
• In a large bowl, mix the melted butter, sour cream (or plain yogurt) and sugar by hand, with a wooden spoon. Beat until blended, then add the eggs one at a time. Mix well.
• Stir in the mashed bananas, walnuts, dark rum and vanilla extract.
• Add the flour mixture, a third at a time, stirring well with the wooden spoon after each batch. Transfer the batter into a 9x5-inch loaf tin and bake in the middle of the oven for 60 - 75 minutes.
• Insert a toothpick, fine skewer or a cake tester in the center of the banana bread. It should come out clean. Leave in the tin on a rack to cool, about 30 minutes.
• Slice to ten (10) pieces, serve warm.

CINNAMON RAISIN BANANA BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 325 °F. Grease a 9x5 inch loaf pan and set aside.
• Whisk together the flour, salt, baking soda and spices in a bowl.
• In a mixing bowl, beat together the butter and sugars until smooth. Beat in the eggs, one at a time until fully incorporated. Stir in the bananas and vanilla until mixed in,
• Stir in the raisins.
• Slowly mix in the dry ingredients until incorporated, mixing on the lowest speed.
• Bake for 60 to 70 minutes in the preheated oven, until a toothpick inserted into the middle of the loaf comes out clean.
• Cool the loaf in the pan for 10 minutes, the remove from the pan and let cool completely on a wire baking rack.
• Store at room temperature in a closed container or bag for 2-3 days.

BANANA RUM RAISIN CAKE

Steps:

• Put the raisins in a bowl and pour the rum over top. Cover and let sit for at least an hour or overnight, stirring occasionally.
• Preheat the oven to 350°F (175°C).
• Butter a 12 cup Bundt pan.
• Sift the flour, baking soda, salt and nutmeg together into a large bowl.
• Cream the butter and sugar together using an electric mixer.
• Beat in the beaten eggs.
• Add the bananas and beat in on low speed.
• Add the buttermilk and flour alternately in four additions, beginning and ending with the flour.
• Remove the mixing bowl from the electric mixer and thoroughly fold in the raisins and any remaining rum with a wooden spoon.
• Transfer the batter to the prepared Bundt pan.
• Bake for 50 to 60 minutes, or until a skewer inserted in the cake comes out clean.
• Cool in the pan for 15 minutes, and then remove the cake carefully from the pan. Cool completely on a wire rack.
• To make the glaze, add the rum gradually (a tablespoon or less at a time) to the icing sugar to make a thick glaze. You may not need all the rum. Beat in the honey until the glaze is thick and glossy. Drizzle over cooled cake.

COCONUT-RUM BANANA BREAD

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350 degrees.
• Combine flour, sugar, baking powder, salt in a large mixing bowl.
• Add vegetable oil, rum, milk, egg, and mashed banana and mix until smooth.
• Stir in toasted coconut.
• Pour into 1 loaf pan or 3 mini loaf pans.
• Bake at 350 degrees 60-65 minutes (large) or 40-45 minutes (mini).
• Remove from oven; cool slightly.
• Loosen sides of loaf from pan and remove to wire rack to cool completely.
• For glaze: combine powdered sugar, rum, and heavy cream and drizzle over slightly cooled bread.
• Top with toasted coconut.