Kona Inn Banana Bread

By carvalhohm2

Ingredients

• 2 1/2 cups cake flour (for every cup of flour, remove 1 tbsp of flour and replace with 2 tbsp of cornstarch if you are using all purpose flour)
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1 cup vegetable shortening
• 2 cups sugar
• 2 cups ripe mashed bananas (about 6 bananas)
• 4 eggs, well beaten
• 1 cup coarsely chopped walnuts (optional)

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat the oven to 350.

Grease and flour 2 8x4x3-inch loaf pans.

In a large bowl, mix together the shortening and sugar. Add mashed bananas. Add in well beaten eggs. Wipe down sides of bowl.


Stir together the flour, salt and baking soda in a bowl. Add the combined dry ingredients and stir only until the batter is thoroughly blended. Fold in the nuts.

Pour into the prepared pans and bake 50-60 minutes, or until a skewer or straw inserted in the center of the loaves comes out clean, or with only a few moist crumbs. Remove from the oven and let cool in the pan for 5 minutes, then turn out on a rack and let cool completely.