The carrot and coconut banana bread is a new version of the famous banana dessert, particularly delicious, soft, and moist, lactose-free, perfect for breakfast and snacks. This is the fifth banana bread recipe you’ll find on our blog, and it’s not excluded that we’ll try new variants of this delicious dessert! Yes, because banana bread not only allows us to reuse those overly ripe bananas that would be a shame and a waste to throw away, so we can consider it a perfect anti-waste recipe. But it’s also such a good dessert that we never tire of making it, both following the original recipe and preparing it each time with different ingredients. Today we propose a banana bread that is also somewhat a carrot cake because we use grated carrots to make the dough. But not only, in fact, we add many other ingredients that will make our banana bread truly unforgettable for its taste, such as shredded coconut, chopped pecan nuts, raisins, and spices like cinnamon, vanilla, and ginger.
The preparation is very simple: mash 2 ripe bananas in a bowl and add eggs, sugar, oil, grated carrots, shredded coconut, chopped pecans, vanilla, raisins and mix. Then it’s time for the flour mixed with baking powder and spices like cinnamon and powdered ginger. Pour the well-mixed dough into a loaf pan and decorate it with the third banana sliced and more pecans. Bake at 350°F for about 50-60 minutes.
Soft and moist texture thanks to the carrots and bananas, and crunchy at the same time thanks to the presence of pecans. A flavor that will conquer you at the first bite, this carrot and coconut banana bread is the perfect dessert for your breakfasts and snacks throughout fall and winter, and naturally to be enjoyed at other times of the day as well. All you have to do is get all the ingredients to prepare it as soon as possible!
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- Difficulty: Very Easy
- Cost: Very Cheap
- Preparation time: 5 Minutes
- Portions: 10
- Cooking methods: Oven
- Cuisine: Anti-waste
- Seasonality: All Seasons
Ingredients for Carrot and Coconut Banana Bread
- 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 cup carrots
- 3 bananas
- 1/2 cup brown sugar (or other sweetener)
- 2 eggs
- 1/4 cup vegetable oil
- 1/2 cup shredded coconut
- 1/2 cup pecans
- 1/3 cup raisins
- 1 tsp vanilla extract (or vanillin)
- 1/2 packet baking powder
- ground cinnamon
- ground ginger
Tools for Carrot and Coconut Banana Bread
- 1 Bowl
- 1 Fork
- 1 Spatula
- 1 Loaf Pan
- 1 Oven
Steps to Prepare Carrot and Coconut Banana Bread
Start preparing the carrot and coconut banana bread by peeling 2 very ripe bananas and mashing them in a bowl with a fork to make a puree.
Crack the eggs and place them in the bowl, adding the brown sugar, vegetable oil, vanilla extract, grated carrots, coconut, raisins, and coarsely chopped pecans. Stir quickly to obtain a well-mixed batter.
Sift the flour with the baking powder and add it to the bowl, also adding the cinnamon and ginger powder. Mix well until you get a homogeneous dough.
Flour and oil or line a loaf pan with parchment paper, and pour the prepared batter into it. Smooth it out with a spatula.
Peel the remaining banana, cut it in half, and place it on the batter. Decorate with some remaining nuts and bake the banana bread in the preheated oven at 350°F for about 50-60 minutes, checking for uniform cooking with a toothpick test: insert it into the cake, and when it comes out dry, it means the cake is well-cooked; otherwise, extend the baking time.
Remove the carrot and coconut banana bread from the oven and let it cool completely before removing it from the pan and serving.
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You can store this banana bread for 4-5 days at room temperature in an airtight container or cake holder.
You can also bake the banana bread in an air fryer at 350°F for about 40 minutes.
You can use your preferred sweetener such as erythritol, brown sugar
Instead of pecans, you can use your preferred nuts like hazelnuts, peanuts, pistachios, or classic walnuts.
You can replace raisins with cranberries or chocolate chips.
FAQ
How ripe should the bananas be for banana bread?
They should be very ripe, meaning the peel should be almost completely brown. This will not only make them very easy to mash but also extremely sweet.
Is it possible to reduce or eliminate sugar from this dessert?
Since the bananas are very sweet, as are the carrots and coconut, you can reduce the amount of sugar according to your needs or replace it with another type of sweetener like erythritol or Stevia. If you want to try a banana bread with little sugar, we recommend our blueberry banana bread.
