Together, my grand-daughter and I made delicious homemade spicy banana bread over the weekend! The aroma from the baking banana bread and the spices filled the entire house.
The spicy banana bread was so yummy with every warm moist bite and the cream cheese drizzle topped with pecans was magnificent!
It went perfectly with the spices in the banana bread. We had plenty of the creamy drizzle leftover to use for dipping cookies with.
It was that good! 🙂
My grand-daughter Joz and I had such a fun time baking together, it was so special to me. When she grows up, I do hope she’ll remember the times that we spent baking together.
Earlier, my husband and Joz went for a walk since it was so nice outside. She returned with a single flower just for me. Simple things like that brighten up my day.
I told her I would include her flower in our spicy banana bread recipe and post it on my blog. It’s down below.
Isn’t it so pretty? I just love it! And, she picked the root out perfectly.
I want to dedicate this post to my precious Joz! Mee Mee loves you!
So back to the spicy banana bread. Are you ready to get those tastebuds to go wild?
Let’s get started!
INGREDIENTS: Spicy Banana Bread
- 1¾ Cup All-Purpose Flour
- ¾ Cup Brown Sugar
- ½ tsp Salt
- 2 tsp Baking Powder
- 1½ tsp Ground Cinnamon
- ½ tsp Nutmeg
- ¼ tsp Cloves
- ¼ tsp Fresh Ginger minced
- 4 Ripe Bananas mashed
- 2 large eggs
- ½ Cup Vegetable Oil
- 1 TBSP Vanilla Extract
- ½ Cup Chopped Pecans *optional
*Optional: CREAM CHEESE DRIZZLE
- 4 oz Cream Cheese
- 2 TBSP Butter softened
- 1½ Cups Sifted Powdered Sugar
- 1 tsp Vanilla Extract
- 3 TBSP milk
STEP 1-4
STEP 1: Gather and prep all of the ingredients. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
STEP 2: Grease and flour the baking bread pan.
STEP 3: In a medium mixing bowl, add the oil.
STEP 4: Add the eggs.
STEP 5-8
STEP:5 Add the Vanilla Extract.
STEP 6: Add Brown Sugar.
STEP 7: Pour in the mashed banana and mix until all is combined. The mix will be a little lumpy.
STEP 8: In a large mixing bowl, add the flour, salt, and baking powder.
STEP 9-12
STEP 9: Now, add the cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, and ginger to the mixture. Mix well.
STEP 10: Pour the wet mixture into the dry mixture.
STEP 11: Mix the ingredients until well combined.
STEP 12: Then, pour the spicy banana bread mixture into a baking bread pan.
STEP 13-14
STEP 13: Bake for 50 to 55 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.
STEP 14: Remove from the oven and cool for 5 to 10 minutes on a cooling rack.
To make the Cream Cheese Drizzle:
In a large mixing bowl, add cream cheese, butter, powdered sugar, vanilla extract, and milk. Stir to combine ingredients, then mix well to your desired drizzle consistency for about 1-2 minutes.
HOW DO I STORE THE SPICY BANANA BREAD?
Store the spicy banana bread with cream cheese drizzle in a food-safe container with a lid, and refrigerate for up to 4 days.
If you did not include the cream cheese drizzle, you can store it in a food-safe container with a lid or a plastic baggie in the refrigerator for up to 4 days.
PRINT THIS RECIPE
Spicy Banana Bread
Ingredients
- 1¾ Cup All-Purpose Flour
- ¾ Cup Brown Sugar
- ½ tsp Salt
- 2 tsp Baking Powder
- 1½ tsp Ground Cinnamon
- ½ tsp Nutmeg
- ¼ tsp Cloves
- ¼ tsp Fresh Ginger minced
- 4 Ripe Bananas mashed
- 2 large eggs
- ½ Cup Vegetable Oil
- 1 TBSP Vanilla Extract
- ½ Cup Chopped Pecans *optional
Cream Cheese Drizzle
- 4 oz Cream Cheese
- 2 TBSP Butter softened
- 1½ Cups Sifted Powdered Sugar
- 1 tsp Vanilla Extract
- 3 TBSP milk
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350° F
- Grease and flour baking bread pan.
- In a medium mixing bowl, add the brown sugar, eggs, oil, vanilla. Mix well
- Pour in the mashed bananas and mix until well combined. Set aside.
- In a large mixing bowl, add flour, baking powder, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, ginger, and salt. Mix well.
- Stir in the wet mixture into the flour mixture until all of the flour is absorbed and mix well for about 1-2 minutes. *Optional; Stir in pecans.
- Pour mixture into a bread pan and bake at 350° F for 50 to 55 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out clean. Cool on a cooling rack for 5-10 minutes before removing from the pan.
Cream Cheese Drizzle
- In a large mixing bowl, add cream cheese, butter, vanilla, and milk. Mix well.
- Slowly add in the powdered sugar to the mixture and mix well to your desired consistency.
- Spoon onto the top of the banana bread. Use the rest for dipping. Top with pecans. Enjoy!
Notes
TAKEAWAY
Today’s post is so special to me. My grand-daughter and I made this delicious spicy banana bread together over the weekend.
In case you didn’t read above, while baking the spicy banana bread, it filled the entire house with the aroma of spices. It smelled as if I had lit a candle. YUM!
Ultimately, the banana bread with the creamy cream cheese drizzle with pecans was the perfect combination. It was perfect for our dessert after dinner.
However, you can bake this recipe anytime and have it for dessert, breakfast, or a snack.
I hope you enjoyed this post as much as I enjoyed writing it!
Do you prefer your spicy banana bread with or without the cream cheese drizzle? Let me know your thoughts in the comments below.
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I have had banana bread several times and I have always loved it, but never had it cooked at home. Will surely try it.
There’s nothing like homemade banana bread. When you try it, I hope you love it as much as my family does!
This looks absolutely divine. I’m a huge banana bread fan and would never have thought of adding ginger. Nice touch. Will try this recipe soon.
Thank you so much!
YUM! I’m gonna try this next week! 🙂
Thank you! You’re going to love it!
I have never eaten a spicy banana bread. But this does look delicious.
Thank you so much!
This looks so good. My younger daughter loves banana bread, I will make it with her tomorrow.
Thank you! YAY, mother and daughter bonding, I love it!
I love Banana Bread and it looks so delicious it makes me feel hungry! I love this!
You are so sweet, Thank you!