Description
This easy pumpkin banana bread is super flavorful and topped with a spicy cinnamon glaze. It’s a hit with everyone who tries it!
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 3/4 cup flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 3/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon, I used Penzey’s Vietnamese cinnamon
- 1 1/2 teaspoons ground ginger
- 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 3/8 teaspoon allspice
- 3/8 teaspoon ground cloves
- pinch of cardamom (optional)
- 2 eggs, room temperature
- 8 oz of canned pumpkin (1 cup or about 1/2 of 15 oz can). I used Libby’s brand.
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup canola oil
- 1/3 cup water
- 1 very ripe banana, peeled and mashed
Cinnamon Layer
- 1/4 cup granulated sugar
- 1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
Cinnamon Glaze
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 3/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1–2 tablespoons milk
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350° and spray a 9×5 loaf pan with baking spray. Set aside.
- In medium bowl, sift together flour, baking soda, salt.
- Add cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, allspice, cloves, and cardamom to flour mixture and whisk together until blended. Set aside.
- In small bowl, mix cinnamon layer mixture and set aside.
- In large bowl, beat together eggs, pumpkin, and banana.
- Add both sugars and beat until blended.
- Add vanilla, oil, and water and mix together.
- Slowly add flour mixture and beat with electric beater until smooth.
- Pour half of bread batter into the pan. Sprinkle cinnamon swirl mix over bread mixture. Try to get an even coating over the batter.
- Pour remaining batter into the loaf pan, completely covering cinnamon layer mixture.
- Bake for 1 hour, or until toothpick comes out clean. (Mine took an extra 10 minutes)
- Cool in pan for 15 minutes. Remove from pan and cool completely.
- Whisk together ingredients for glaze and drizzle over top of bread.
- Try to only eat one piece at a time!
Notes
Makes one 9×5 loaf of bread.
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- Prep Time: 15 min
- Cook Time: 1 hour
- Category: dessert
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Calories: 318