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Why You’ll Love My Recipe
Is your freezer overflowing with black bananas? Are you tired of banana bread? Try this banana gingerbread, with the density and moisture of banana bread and the spicy flavours gingerbread.
If you haven’t got any ripe bananas lying around, try some Old Fashioned Gingerbread or Pumpkin Gingerbread instead. Or, why not make some Slow Cooker Molasses Short Ribs as a savoury option for using up extra molasses?
Reader Review
This Ginger Banana bread is a definite Keeper. It was just to use up bananas that were to brown to eat but now I find myself buying extra bananas just so they go dark and are available to bake this DELICIOUS perfect bread. THANK YOU.
Karlynn’s Recipe Notes
- Skill Level: This is a very easy recipe.
- Total Time: Making this gingerbread loaf will take you approximately 70 minutes from start to finish.
- Variations: Why not make a batch of The BEST Cream Cheese Icing or some Maple Frosting to put on top of this delicious loaf? For a lighter alternative, you could try a Cream Cheese Glaze drizzled over the loaf. You could also serve with a dollop of whipped cream or a scoop of vanilla ice cream.
- Tools Needed: For this recipe, you’ll need two loaf pans, a hand mixer and large bowl or a stand mixer, a medium bowl, and a cooling rack.
What You’ll Need For Ingredients
Bananas: If you’ve got children in your household, you likely have a stash of frozen bananas somewhere. If not, don’t worry. Any bananas will technically work, though ripe and mushy bananas will give this loaf the most moisture and sweetness.
Molasses: Any molasses will work for this recipe, so choose the flavour profile you want most. For a sweeter, lighter flavour, use fancy molasses. For a richer, stronger flavour, use regular cooking molasses.
Spices: The spices used in this gingerbread are classic. Ginger, cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves all give warmth to the flavour profile. You can reduce the amounts if you’d like, or increase the amounts if you enjoy stronger flavours.
How To Make Banana Gingerbread
This is a brief overview of the recipe. The full list of ingredients and step-by-step instructions are in the recipe card below.
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease and flour two loaf pans.
- In a large bowl, beat the butter and sugar together until fluffy, and then beat in the eggs. Mix in the mashed bananas and the molasses.
- In a medium bowl, whisk together the dry ingredients. Add them to the wet mixture and mix thoroughly.
- Divide batter between the loaf pans. Bake for 50-60 minutes. Remove from oven. Let the loaves cool in the pans for 10-15 minutes and then remove from pans to cool on a wire rack.
Karlynn’s Tips and Tricks for Making Banana Gingerbread
Hide the Banana: If you or your family aren’t big fans of the actual banana taste in banana bread, try using cooking molasses for this recipe. It has a bolder flavour than fancy molasses and will easily become the most dominant taste in the loaf. You can also increase the amount of the spices if you’d like.
Toppings: This gingerbread is delicious on its own and doesn’t necessarily need any accompaniments. However, the rich, spicy flavours would go well with a scoop of vanilla ice cream or a spoonful of whipped cream. Or try serving slices slathered with Whipped Cream Cheese. Any cream cheese or vanilla based frosting or glaze would likely taste amazing with this loaf.
Storage Instructions
This loaf will be fine, wrapped in plastic wrap or in an airtight container, at room temperature for several days. The flavours will actually get even better over time.
Once it’s fully cooled, you can wrap it up in plastic wrap and/or foil and freeze it for 3-4 months.
More Delicious Loaf Recipes
Looking for more tasty quick breads to make during the dark days of fall and winter?
Try this Lemon Saskatoon Loaf to use up any saskatoon berries you’ve got tucked away in your freezer.
Whip up a comforting and classic Pumpkin Bread / Loaf or a decadent Cherry Cheesecake Pull Apart Loaf.
Quick breads don’t always have to be sweet! Try this savoury Bacon & Cheese Pull Apart Loaf.
There you have it. Another great way to use up frozen bananas and get your fill of amazing gingerbread flavours. Try out this recipe and let me know what you think.
Happy Baking!
Karlynn
Banana Gingerbread Loaf
Ingredients
- ¾ cup butter softened
- 1 cup brown sugar white if you want a sweeter loaf
- 2 eggs
- 3 cups of mashed bananas around 6-7 medium banana’s
- 1 cup of molasses, cooking molasses for deep dark flavour, fancy molasses for a lighter flavour
- 3 cups of flour
- 2 ½ teaspoons ginger
- 2 teaspoons cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon cloves
- ½ teaspoon nutmeg
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
Instructions
- Pre-heat your oven to 350 degrees F.
- Grease and flour two loaf pans.
- Beat the butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
- Beat in the eggs until combined.
- Mix in the banana and molasses until completely combined.
- In a separate bowl, whisk together the dry ingredients.
- Mix the dry ingredients into the wet mixture until completely mixed in.
- Divide the batter between the loaf pans and bake for 50-60 minutes, until a cake tester inserted comes out clean.
- Remove and cool for 10-15 minutes, then remove from the pans onto a wire rack and cool completely.
- Store wrapped up and enjoy!
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Amanda M. says
I made these in muffin form and sprinkled some salted caramel finishing sugar on top. So good!!
Treeva says
This Ginger Banana bread is a definite Keeper. It was just to use up bananas that were to brown to eat but now I find myself buying extra bananas just so they go dark and are available to bake this DELICIOUS perfect bread.THANK YOU .
Annette Williams says
Really great recipe and you cannot taste the banana! Very moist. My favourite recipe is use up over ripe bananas, thanks!
Roz says
Help Please 🙏
Do I use all purpose flour or do I need to buy a different flour?
Mr. Kitchen Magpie says
All purpose unless otherwise stated. I’ll update the recipe.