Cinnamon Swirl Banana Bread
Cinnamon Swirl Banana Bread is loaded with homestyle banana bread flavor, a ribbon of cinnamon sugar, and topped with a roasted banana.
Servings 2 9x5 loaves
Ingredients
BANANA BREAD INGREDIENTS
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 3 tsp ground cinnamon
- 3 eggs, at room temperature
- 1 cup vegetable oil
- 2 cups granulated sugar
- 3 tsp vanilla extract
- 2 cups mashed very ripe bananas (about 4 bananas)
- 2 very ripe, whole bananas
CINNAMON SWIRL INGREDIENTS
- 1.5 cup granulated sugar
- 3 tbsp ground cinnamon
- 1 tsp ground nutmeg
Instructions
PREP INSTRUCTIONS
- Preheat your oven to 325F.
- Spray two 9x5 loaf pans with baking spray and line them with parchment paper. Set aside.
- Peel and mash the bananas needed to make 2 cups of mashed banana. Set aside.
- Whisk together the cinnamon swirl ingredients. Reserve one-fourth of the entire mixture in a small bowl. Set both mixtures aside.
BAKING INSTRUCTIONS
- Whisk together the flour, salt, baking powder, baking soda, and 3 tsp cinnamon in a medium bowl. Set aside.
- Whisk together the eggs, oil, vanilla, and granulated sugar in a large bowl until all ingredients are combined and the mixture has thickened and turned pale yellow.
- Gradually add the flour mixture into the wet ingredients. Stir together with a spatula or wooden spoon using swift strokes until all ingredients are just combined. The batter will be thick, almost like cookie dough.
- Stir in the mashed bananas until thoroughly combined and batter has loosened.
- Divide the banana bread batter into fourths. Pour one-fourth of the batter into each prepared loaf pan.
- Divide the larger portion of the cinnamon swirl mixture between the two loaf pans and sprinkle it over the batter.
- Divide the remaining cake batter between the loaf pans and pour over the cinnamon swirl layers.
- Divide the remaining cinnamon swirl mixture and sprinkle evenly over the loaf pans. Use a thin knife to swirl the cinnamon throughout the cake.
- Peel then slice the two whole bananas in half down the middle. Lay one pair of banana halves, cut side up, on top of the batter in one loaf pan, then do the same with the other loaf pan.
- Bake Cinnamon Swirl Banana Bread at 325F for 55-60 minutes, or until golden brown and a toothpick inserted into the middle of each loaf comes out clean.
- Let cake cool 15-20 minutes in the pan, then turn banana breads out onto wire rack to cool completely. Serve Cinnamon Swirl Banana Bread warm or at room temperature.