Orange Raisin Five Spice Banana Bread
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Orange Raisin Five Spice Banana Bread. What a wonderful combination of flavours in this heavenly scented banana bread. Another great use for ripe bananas.
We experiment quite a bit with our favorite banana bread recipe. We've developed chocolate versions, added white chocolate or chocolate chips and all have turned out well.
This is another great version that would make a delicious addition to any lunchbox or brown bag lunch. It would also be especially enjoyed when served warm at a weekend brunch.
As with any of our great versions of banana bread, we sometimes make them in little, muffin sized loaf pans. They are a great addition to packed lunches or as a grab and go morning treat.
We always call these little loaves crinkle cakes, small snack cakes that I remember from my childhood.
I think Chinese five spice powder gives this recipe a very unique and delicious flavour. If you don't have it you can easily substitute just cinnamon. It will still be utterly delicious.
I've used sultana raisins here because that is what I had on hand at the time but you can use any kind you like. Golden raisins are perfect for this recipe or you can leave them out altogether.
As I always say, make it the way you like it.
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Originally published November 2012. Updated March 2021
Orange Raisin Five Spice Banana Bread
Orange Raisin Five Spice Banana Bread - what a wonderful combination of flavours in this heavenly scented banana bread. Another great use for ripe bananas.
Ingredients
- ½ cup white sugar
- ½ cup brown sugar
- ½ cup vegetable oil
- 2 eggs, beaten
- 3 medium ripe bananas, mashed
- 2 cups flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon Chinese five spice powder (See note for substitute)
- ¼ cup orange juice
- zest of one orange finely minced
- ½ cup raisins
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Beat sugar and oil in a bowl. Add eggs, mashed banana and orange zest.
- Sift together dry ingredients and fold into banana mixture alternately with orange juice.
- Fold in raisins.
- Pour batter into 1 large greased loaf pan (about 9x5) and sprinkle the tops with turbinado sugar if desired for a little extra crunch.
- Bake for 45 minutes to an hour depending upon pan size. A toothpick inserted in the center which comes out clean is the best indicator that the loaf is fully baked.
Notes
In this recipe, if you don't have five spice powder, you can use ½ teaspoon cinnamon, ¼ teaspoon cloves and ¼ teaspoon allspice or nutmeg instead.
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Nutrition Information
Yield
16Serving Size
1 sliceAmount Per Serving Calories 210Saturated Fat 6gCholesterol 20mgSodium 163mgCarbohydrates 34gFiber 1gSugar 16gProtein 3g
The nutritional information provided is automatically calculated by third party software and is meant as a guideline only. Exact accuracy is not guaranteed. For recipes where all ingredients may not be used entirely, such as those with coatings on meats, or with sauces or dressings for example, calorie & nutritional values per serving will likely be somewhat lower than indicated.
Sounds good but I'm unsure about the Five Spice. I have some that I use for a chicken recipe - it is called Chinese style five spice. The spices listed on the label are fennel, anise, ginger, licorice root, cinnamon and cloves (that's actually 6). Is this the same as yours?
Yup, same one. It can be used in sweet and savory dishes. I love it to replace cinnamon in apple pie or pear tart!
Hi are the spices listed in the notes section, ground spices?
Yes
Morning Barry
.if using small loaf pans to make crinkle cakes is the baking time the same or shorter? I am going to use currents instead of raisins, okay? Thanks and the best to you and your family.
Just made this banana bread. As I’m not a big fan of breads, I was really impressed. Love the subtle floors from the Chinese five spice powder. I didn’t have vegetable oil in house, so I just soften an avocado and mixed that in....worked great. I used an orange instead of orange juice and raisins. It was delicious! Thank you for another great addition to my recipes! Love it!
Just made this loaf and we love it. The Chinese 5spice is a nice touch!