Awesome Banana Bread

My grandmother used to make this. I don't know where the recipe came from, but I love it because it is so moist.

• Ready In: 1 hr 10 mins
• Yields: 2 loaves

Ingredients

• 2  cups sugar
• 3⁄4 cup butter
• 2  eggs
• 3  cups  of sifted all-purpose flour
• 1 1⁄2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
• 1 1⁄2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1 1⁄8 cups buttermilk
• 1 1⁄2 teaspoons vanilla
• 1 1⁄2 cups  very ripe  mashed bananas
• 1  cup  chopped pecans (optional)

Directions

1. Cream butter in bowl, add sugar.
2. Beat in eggs individually.
3. Sift dry ingredients together in a seperate bowl, add alternately with buttermilk.
4. Mix in nuts, vanilla, and banana.
5. Bake in 9x5 loaf pans at 350 degrees.
6. Pulls away from sides of pan when done.