Island banana bread from Jubilee: Recipes from Two Centuries of African-American Cooking (page 110) by Toni Tipton-Martin

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    Can substitute ground ginger for ground allspice.

  • anya_sf on July 06, 2021

    Good, very moist banana bread. 3 bananas yielded the right amount. Fairly sweet - could reduce sugar a bit. I don't always like dates in quick bread, but thought they were fine here. My loaf took 70 min to bake. This wasn't any more work than our favorite recipe (Flour) and I'd make it again.

  • dc151 on May 31, 2021

    This was fabulous! My three bananas were a bit more than called for, but used them all. I used date molasses, as that was what I had. It did take almost an extra ten minutes to cook through, and probably could've used another couple. But the flavors were amazing, and the kids thought the dates were chocolate

  • FrenchCreekBaker on March 06, 2021

    Now my go-to banana bread. The spices, dates and molasses add nuanced layers of taste complexity. I toasted my pecans and increased quantity to 1 cup.

  • ChefJG on September 14, 2020

    Tasty but labor intensive and while flavor was really good on day 1, after that it tasted like “normal” banana bread so not worth the extra effort

  • Zosia on July 03, 2020

    This was a delicious, tender cake with complex flavour. Though it was enjoyed as is, I would reduce the sugar next time as it was sweeter than I like. It took an extra 10 minutes to bake in my oven.

  • Lepa on June 23, 2020

    I like spiced banana bread so this was a treat but I'm not sure it's good enough to justify all the extra steps this recipe requires. I will probably make it again but it's not going to replace our house banana bread recipe.

  • Frenchfoodie on June 06, 2020

    The dates add a nice moisture and the whole loaf is deeply tasy and light in texture in spite of my not following the 4 bowl (!) directions, using just two. I’d up the spices in the future; given the dark sugar and molasses this can take more than a usual recipe.

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