Spiced Loaf

  Don't tell Mark that this has bananas in it - that is why I call it Spice Loaf.

Ingredients

2 cups flour
1 ½ teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
4 very ripe bananas
1/2 cup pumpkin
2 eggs
1 cup sugar
1 teaspoon cinnamon
½ teaspoon salt
½ teaspoon nutmeg
¼ teaspoon ground cloves
½ cup melted butter
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup chopped walnuts

Steps

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour two 8x3 inch loaf pans. Whisk together the flour, baking powder, and baking soda; set aside.
Mash the bananas, eggs, sugar, cinnamon, salt, nutmeg, and cloves together in a large bowl with a fork until well combined. Stir in the melted butter and vanilla extract, then fold in the flour mixture until a batter forms and no dry lumps remain. Pour into the prepared loaf pans.
Bake in preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 45 minutes. Cool in the pan for 10 minutes, then remove from the pan, and allow to cool completely on a wire rack.