Banana Coconut Bread
By: Anonymous
Published: Tuesday, December 8, 2009 - 11:15pm

Ingredients




1 cup Currants
1/2 cup Dark Rum
3 cups Flour
1 teaspoon Salt
1 teaspoon Baking soda
1 teaspoon Baking powder
2 teaspoons Cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon Grated nutmeg
2/3 cup Sweetened coconut
1/2 cup Vegetable shortening
1 cup Packed brown sugar
2 Eggs beaten lightly
 cup Buttermilk
1 cup Mashed ripe banana

Preparation

1 Heat rum and place in bowl with currants 1 hour. In separate bowl, sift together flour, sal, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon, nutmeg, and 1/2 cup of the coconut. In a large bowl, cream vegetable shortening and brown sugar till combined. Add eggs and beat well. Stir in buttermilk, banana and currant mixture. 2 Combine well. Add flour mixture and stir till just combined. Spoon batter into greased loaf pan 9"x5"x2 3/4". Sprinkle with remaining coconut and bake in preheated 350 F degree oven 60 to 70 minutes or till don . 3 Makes 1 loaf.