Banana Sour Cream Bread

This is the Kings Cake that we made last week. It is a wonderful anytime, go to, quick fix! We put blueberries in the middle but you could substitute with anything, I was thinking Pecans, Chocolate Chips or raisins?

Banana Sour Cream Bread

1. 1/2 c. shortening or oil
2. 1 c sugar
3. 2 eggs
4. 3 ripe bananas, mashed
5. 1/2 tsp vanilla
6. 1/2 c. sour cream
7. 2 c flour or for us I used the Pamelas GF baking mix
8. 1 tsp baking powder and soda
9. 1/2 c blueberries (optional)
10. 1/4 tsp. salt
11. 1/4 tsp cinnamon

Cream shortening and 1 cup sugar until light. Beat in eggs; mashed banana and vanilla. Add sour cream and blend on low speed. In a separate bowl, measure the flour, baking powder, soda, and salt. Gradually add this to the banana mixture and blend. Save your blueberries or raisins etc. in a separate bowl for later.

Generously grease a 6 1/2 cup ring mold or tube pan. Spoon half of the batter around the Pan's bottom . Sprinkle the blueberries or your choice over this layer. Sprinkle cinnamon on top. Cover with remaining batter. Bake at 350 degrees for 45 minutes or until done. Cool about 5 minutes and remove bread from pan.

This recipe can double as a cake. If so, you may want to frost it with 1/4 cup butter, 1/2 cup mashed bananas, 1/2 teaspoon lemon juice, and 1 pound of confectioners sugar. We had vanilla ice cream with ours!