Spiked Banana Bread

Total Time: 55 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• 3 cups flour
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 1/2 cup margarine
• 2 large eggs
• 1 1/2 cups bananas, mashed (about 2-3 large bananas)
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 2 tablespoons orange juice
• 1/3 cup triple sec (it's citrus flavored)
• 1/8 cup triple sec
• 1/2 cup sugar

Recipe

• 1 mix together 1/8 cup triple sec and 1/2 cup sugar and set aside.
• 2 preheat oven to 350°f.
• 3 mix together margarine and 1 1/2 cups sugar until creamy.
• 4 beat in eggs and bananas.
• 5 add flour, baking powder, salt and vanilla. mix well.
• 6 while mixer is still mixing, slowly add 1/3 cup of triple sec and 2 tablespoons orange juice.
• 7 mixture will be creamy but not too runny. pour into two greased 8 inch loaf pans.
• 8 bake for 40 minutes. then, with loaves still on oven racks paint the bread with the topping. be sure to cover entire top. bake five more minutes.
• 9 allow to cool in pans five minutes before transferring to cooling racks.