Carrot Banana Bread Easy Delicious

Carrots from the garden add that simple home-cooked taste to so many classic recipes like carrot cake cupcakes or creamy carrot salad. With this recipe, you can also use up those bananas that stayed on the counter a little too long.

Ingredients in Carrot Banana Bread

Bananas and Carrots make for a taste-of-home blend of sweetness and garden-fresh goodness and heaps of moisture.
Chopped Walnuts add a savory crunch and turn this into a hearty bread that will keep you going for hours! Walnuts are excellent brain food, so this is a good dessert to pack in your kid’s lunches.
Flaked Coconut adds an extra layer of flavor. You can use shredded coconut, but flaked coconut is a nice texture alongside the shredded carrots.
Mayonnaise?! It might seem strange, but mayonnaise is the secret ingredient and adds so much moisture to this cake! It is really just eggs and oil, which is put into cakes all the time.

How To Make Banana Carrot Bread

This simple banana carrot bread recipe is as easy as 1, 2, 3!

Mash bananas with mayo and egg. If using frozen bananas, allow them to defrost before starting the cake.
Combine dry ingredients and stir in the banana mixture just until incorporated. Over-mixing can cause quick bread to become too dense and heavy, so don’t worry about mixing “perfectly.”
Fold in the nuts and pour into the prepared pan.

That’s all there is to it!

The Best Way to Store It

Carrot Banana bread will keep on the counter wrapped in foil, saran wrap, or in an airtight container for a few days. You can extend the expiry date by keeping it in the fridge for up to a week.

Personally, I like to keep it wrapped in foil on the counter. And to be honest, it’s not going to last a week in my house anyway! It will disappear into hungry tummies long before unless I hide it in the freezer!

To Freeze

Carrot Banana bread is one of those wonderful foods that freeze beautifully. I like to cut it into slices and wrap them individually in wax paper with a layer of foil on top. Then all I have to do is pull it out and pop it in the kid’s lunch for a healthy and delicious treat!

Or, freeze it whole and take it out when you have guests you were too busy to bake for. Top it with cream cheese frosting, and it will taste just as good or better than it did on the day you made it!

More Delicious Quick Breads

Lemon Blueberry Bread – bright & citrusy flavors
Chocolate Banana Bread – rich decadent dessert
Pumpkin Zucchini Bread – loaded with flavor and spices!
Warm Apple Bread – sweet & crunchy cinnamon topping!
Zucchini Bread – crazy moist!
Chocolate Chip Banana Bread – chock full of chocolate chips
Carrot Bread – carrots, spice, and everything nice!

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