Sour Cream Banana Loaf

Taken from the Hall of Fame cookbook, this an outstanding banana bread recipe and foaming the baking soda in the sour cream makes all the difference --- this recipe will yield four loaves and may be frozen

• Ready In: 1 hr 10 mins
• Yields: 4 loaves

Ingredients

• 1  cup butter, softened
• 3  cups sugar
• 6  eggs
• 3  cups sour cream
• 4  teaspoons baking soda
• 2  teaspoons vanilla
• 4 -5  ripe bananas, mashed
• 1  teaspoon salt
• 5  cups flour

Directions

1. Set oven to 350 degrees F.
2. Grease four 9 x 5-in loaf pans.
3. Cream butter, sugar and eggs.
4. Mix sour cream and soda in a separate bowl; let stand until foamy.
5. Add vanilla, bananas, salt and flour; mix well.
6. Place in 4 prepared loaf pans.
7. Bake for 50 minutes or until cake tests done.
8. Note: mini chocolate chips may be added to the loaf cakes if desired, just bake a little longer (don't add too many chocolate chips, as the cake will take too long to bake and will overbrown while baking).