Ingredients
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2 cups flour
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1 teaspoon baking powder
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1/2 teaspoon baking soda
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1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon
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1/4 teaspoon salt
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1/2 cup butter or 1/2 cup margarine, softened
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1/2 cup packed brown sugar
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2 eggs, slightly beaten
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1 teaspoon vanilla
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1/2 cup chopped walnuts or 1/2 cup pecans
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1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese
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1/4 cup packed brown sugar
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1/2 cup shredded coconut
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1 egg
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1 cup mashed banana
Instructions
- Thoroughly grease the bottoms and sides of 2 loaf pans; set aside.
- Combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon and salt; set aside.
- Beat butter on high speed for about 30 seconds.
- Add 1/2 cup brown sugar, beaten eggs and vanilla; beat until well mixed.
- Add flour mixture and banana alternately to beaten mixture; beating on low after each addition.
- Stir in nuts.
- In a separate bowl, beat cream cheese, 1/4 cup brown sugar and the 1 egg until smooth.
- Stir in coconut.
- Pour 1/4 of the banana batter into each pan.
- Spoon 1/4 of the cream cheese mixture over each loaf.
- Marble each by using a spatula to cut cream cheese into the banana batter.
- Repeat the 2 layers as above but do not marble them.
- Bake in a 350°F oven for about 50 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
- Cool in pans for 10 minutes.
- Remove loaves from pans and cool completely.