Orange You Glad I Said " Banana" Bread

Total Time: 1 hr 5 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• 2 cups sugar
• 1 cup butter, room temp
• 6 medium very ripe bananas, peeled and mashed
• 4 eggs, well beaten
• 1 tablespoon orange juice
• 2 teaspoons freshly grated orange zest
• 2 1/2 cups cake flour
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1 teaspoon salt

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350°f.
• 2 cream sugar and butter until light. add bananas, eggs, orange juice, and zest. mix well.
• 3 sift together dry ingredients and fold into the banana mixture. divide between 2 greased 9x5 inches loaf pans.
• 4 bake for 45-50 minutes, until firm in the middle.
• 5 cool the loaves on wire rack for 1/2 hour before you remove them from the pans. they freeze well.