Banana Palooza Bread

Banana Bread with a wonderful kick and flavor, ready to please a crowd on party goers wanting something different.

• Ready In: 24 mins
• Serves: 20
• Yields: 1 2 inch square

Ingredients

• 1  cup butter
• 1 1⁄2 cups sugar
• 4  eggs
• 4 1⁄2 cups flour
• 1  tablespoon baking powder
• 1 1⁄2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1  teaspoon salt
• 1  teaspoon cinnamon
• 1  teaspoon allspice
• 10  bananas, overripe
• 1⁄2-1  cup raisins, soaked in rum
• 1⁄2-1  cup  nuts

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350'.
2. Mix flour, salt, bkg soda,powder, cinnamon, and allspice, completely, separate.
3. Mix butter and sugar until creamy(I used 1/2 cane and 1/2 succonaut).
4. Mix in eggs thoroughly.
5. Fold in dry ingredients until mixed well, BUT DON'T OVER MIX. need to make sure there is air incorporated into the mix to make if fluffier and fuller.
6. If you use both, raisins and nuts, use 1/2 cup servings, if only one of them, use the 1 cup serving. For added flavor and moistness, soak your raisins in rum for a few hours, maybe overnight. If you make your own vanilla(beans in vodka, rum, or brandy -- soak with that instead.
7. Grease and flour cake pans or bread pans and fill 1/2 way. Bake until knife inserted comes out clean. I used 9 inch round cake pans and baked them for about 17-18 minutes. Golden brown color when cooked.