Ingredients

  • 1 14 cups sugar
  • 12 cup butter or 12 cup margarine, softened
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 12 cups mashed ripe bananas (3 to 4 medium)
  • 12 cup buttermilk
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 2 12 cups Gold Medal all-purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 (3 1/2 ounce) jar macadamia nuts, chopped and toasted
  • 12 cup flaked coconut

Method

  • Move oven rack to lowest position.
  • Heat oven to 350F .
  • Grease bottoms only of 2 loaf pans, 8 1/2x4 1/2x2 1/2 inches, or 1 loaf pan, 9x5x3 inches.
  • Stir together sugar and butter in large bowl.
  • Stir in eggs until well blended.
  • Add bananas, buttermilk and vanilla.
  • Beat with wire whisk until smooth.
  • Stir in flour, baking soda and salt just until moistened.
  • Stir in nuts and coconut.
  • Pour into pans.
  • Bake 8-inch loaves about 1 hour, 9-inch loaf about 1 1/4 hours, or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
  • Cool 10 minutes.
  • Loosen sides of loaves from pans; remove from pans and place top side up on wire rack.
  • Cool completely, about 2 hours, before slicing.
  • Wrap tightly and store at room temperature up to 4 days, or refrigerate up to 10 days.
  • To Bake Mini-Loaves: Grease bottoms only of 10 miniature loaf pans, 4 1/2x2 3/4x1 1/4 inches.
  • Divide batter among pans (about 1/2 cup each).
  • Bake 30 to 35 minutes.
  • 10 mini-loaves.