Banana Pineapple Loaf

Photo: flickr user Squirrel Cottage

Ingredients

1 cup Butter

2 cups Sugar

4 Eggs

1 cup Banana (mashed)

4 cups Flour (shifted)

2 teaspoons Baking powder

1 teaspoon Baking soda

3/4 teaspoon Salt

1 can Pineapple (15.5 oz) crushed undrained

1 cup Coconut, optional

1 cup Pecans, chopped, optional

Preparation

Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs and mix well. STir in bananas. Sift together flour, baking powder, soda, and salt, and add to butter mixture. Fold in pineapple, andoptional ingredients. Pour into greased and floured loaf pans to just over half full. Bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour and 10 minutes or until done.

***note: I use a 20 oz can of pineapple, I like the extra moisture. Also I like to add chopped cranberries, it adds a wonderful zing.