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Banana bread with a tropical spin! Pina Colada Banana Bread is loaded with coconut, pineapple and topped with a coconut cream glaze. Sweet, moist and completely irresistible!
Like everyone else in the world…the end of the week leaves me with a few less than stunning bananas on the counter. It’s inevitable. No matter how hard I try to make sure they all get eaten, there’s always a few stragglers just begging to be turned into something new. Crying to not be thrown into the trashcan. Weeping to be eaten…someway, somehow.
They’re the most dramatic of all bananas….brown and speckled with hints of what used to be a beautiful yellow hue. Well, maybe it’s not quite that theatrical…but we try our best to not waste food around here so I have a few creations where these bananas serve a wonderful purpose….because you know what they offer that less ripe bananas don’t?
Natural sugar…..they’re much sweeter than the pretty bananas so it’s a fact when they say “true beauty is only skin deep.” Those black bananas…..they’re remarkable on the inside.
So, I try to whip them into things like muffins and baked oatmeal when I want to cut back or eliminate sugar completely…which is happening a lot lately. The trying to cut back on sugar. I think we could all use less sugar but without sacrificing flavor.
Now I’m not saying this Pina Colada Banana Bread is low sugar by any stretch of the imagination but it is a sweet treat that’s not packed with corn syrup or cup upon cup of granulated sugar. If you’re looking for a sweet treat without added sugar you could try this chia seed pudding.…it’s completely amazing and the most popular recipe here on the blog.
We love banana bread here and I try to incorporate new twists to it like this ganache coated beauty or this one with white chocolate and macadamia nuts. It’s a great sweet treat and a wonderful way to start the day. My Pina Colada Banana Bread is loaded with pineapple, coconut and coconut milk.
Then it’s drenched in a coconut cream glaze and topped with toasted coconut. Completely dreamy. If you want to cut back on the sweetness you can skip the glaze…but why would you do that. It’s simply amazing and will definitely take your mouth on a mini Caribbean vacation.
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Pina Colada Banana Bread with Coconut Cream Glaze
Ingredients
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1/4 cup butter, softened
- 1 2/3 cups mashed ripe banana, about 3 bananas
- 1/4 cup coconut milk
- 1/4 cup crushed pineapple, drained
- 2 large eggs
- 2 cups all purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1/2 cup shredded coconut
- 1 tablespoon lime zest
- Cooking spray
- 1/2 cup coconut cream
- 2 tablespoons confectioners' sugar
- 1 tablespoon lime juice
- 1/2 cup toasted unsweetened coconut flakes
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- In the bowl of an electric mixer, combine the sugar and butter beating at medium speed until fluffy. On low-speed, add the banana, coconut milk, pineapple and eggs mixing until combined.
- In a small bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda and salt. Keeping the mixer on low-speed and slowly add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients. Beat just until blended. Add the coconut and lime zest and stir briefly.
- Pour the batter into a 9×5 inch metal loaf pan coated with cooking spray and bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. Cool in pan for 10 minutes on a wire rack. Remove from pan and cool on rack.
- While the bread cools, whisk together the coconut cream, confectioners' sugar and lime juice. Pour the glaze over the bread and sprinkle with coconut flakes. Serve immediately.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Hi! This recipe sounds great, does the glaze harden with the cream of coconut? I am looking to ship and want to make sure the glaze completely sets or if it stays sticky?
Thank you!
It doesn’t harden like a royal icing for gingerbread does but it doesn’t stay runny.
I volunteer at a wildlife sanctuary where we focus mainly on wolves and wolf dogs. Another volunteer brought in frozen overripe bananas as a treat for them. We had a lot left over and they were going to get thrown away so I took them home to make something with as a treat for the staff and volunteers. Wanted to make something different and came across this recipe. It was a Huge hit!!!! Amazing take on banana bread and I’ve already shared the recipe with some other people. Definitely took longer than 60 minutes to bake but it was worth the wait.
Ahhhh, this is one of those recipes that kind of got lost in the sea of recipes here on the site. I’m so glad you found it as it’s often an overlooked gem. Thank you so much for your comment!!! And it does sometimes take longer than the hour mentioned but it all depends on the oven.
This looks delish. Can I make mini loaves and how much batter should go in each pan?
This looks delish. Can I make mini loaves and how much batter should go in each pan?
You can use mini loaves and I’d fill them just 1/2 way with batter. Thanks!
Holy cow, this bread is everything I love- pineapple and coconut! Can’t wait to try this one:) Beautiful photography too!
This is one gorgeous loaf of banana bread! I’m exactly like you, no matter what, we always have over-ripe bananas on our counter 🙁 I pinned this, and next time I need a banana bread recipe, I’ll make this one!
What a fun tropical twist on banana bread! I’m dying over that coconut cream glaze!
that glaze looks awesome! i usually just make my grandma’s banana bread recipe bc it’s my fave, but i may have to branch out a little next time 🙂