Best Coconut Banana Bread with Lime Glaze

Turn in your classic banana bread recipe with this delectable Coconut Banana Bread with Lime Glaze. Loaded with scrumptious sweet coconut, dark rum, and banana flavors and finished with a citrus lime glaze, this is the best coconut banana bread recipe to refresh your morning routine!

I love to serve this banana bread recipe as a part of brunch, snack, or as the perfect ending to dinner. It is simple to make, loaded with tropical flavors, and is sure to be the best coconut banana bread recipe in your recipe file.

Two slices of the best coconut banana bread with lime glaze on a plate with a section of fresh lime to the left of the plate.

❤️ Why I Love This Recipe

✔️ It is the perfect way to use up overripe bananas.

✔️ This coconut banana bread recipe brings sunshine to your morning with all the fresh flavors of the tropics!

✔️ This moist banana bread is perfect for breakfast or snacking and is very portable.

🥘 Ingredients

Dark rum

Sweetened coconut flakes

Powdered sugar (also known as confectioners' sugar)

Limes

🔪 Instructions

Preheat oven to 350°.
In a large mixing bowl, combine the flour, baking soda, and salt, stirring with a whisk to combine.
Using a hand mixer, in a large bowl, mix together the sugar and butter at medium speed until creamy. Add the eggs 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Mix in the mashed bananas, yogurt, rum, and vanilla, mixing until well blended.
Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and beat at low speed just until moist. Stir in ½ cup coconut. Spoon the batter into a 9 x 5-inch prepared loaf pan coated with cooking spray and sprinkle with 1 tablespoon coconut.
Bake for 1 hour or until a wooden pick inserted in the center of the bread comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes in pan on a wire rack; remove from pan. Combine powdered sugar and juice, stirring with a whisk; drizzle over warm bread. Cool bread completely on wire rack.

🙋 Recipe FAQ's

How can I make this a vegan banana bread?

For the each egg, combine 1 tablespoon of flax with 3 tablespoons of water and allow to sit for 5 minutes to thicken. The yogurt can be substituted with unsweetened coconut yogurt, and the butter can be replaced with a vegan butter or coconut oil.

Why is the center of my banana bread gooey?

It could have something to do with the temperature of your oven being off. Check the temperature of the oven using an oven thermometer to be sure it is calibrated correctly. Another possibility is the batter could have been overmixed, causing gluten to develop making the bread dense and doughy in the center or on the bottom of the loaf.

Why did the top of the bread crack on the top when baking?

This is not a bad thing to happen and it is common when baking quick breads. As the bread bakes on the inside it expands and can cause the top to rise and split

💭 Tips

Be sure to use room temperature butter and eggs to prevent curdling.
Overripe bananas give the best results as they will add more sweetness and banana flavor.
When glazing the bread, place a sheet of parchment paper beneath the cooling rack to catch any drips and prevent a mess on the counter.

📖 Variations

Stir 1 cup dark chocolate chips into the batter.
Sour cream makes a good substitute for yogurt.
Make 3 mini loaves instead of a whole loaf.
For an alcohol free recipe, leave out the rum and use ½ tablespoon of rum extract in the cake.
Light brown sugar can be substituted for the granulated sugar.

🍽 Equipment

Mixing bowls

Measuring cups and spoons

🏫 What I've Learned

Banana bread can turn out heavy and dense in the center or on the bottom of the loaf. This is usually the result of over mixing the batter. To prevent this, I put the electric mixer away when it came time to mix the flour mixture into the banana mixture I used a wooden spoon and just folded the flour in until it was "just" blended.

Serving Suggestions

Serve this banana coconut bread with butter or this Salted Maple Butter Spread and a glass of milk, hot cup of coffee or tea.

Storage

Store in an airtight container up to 4 days on the counter, 1 week in the refrigerator, or 3 months in the freezer.

Four slices of coconut banana bread on a white plate with a green lime to the right of the plate.

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📖 Recipe

Coconut Banana Bread with Lime Glaze

Shelby Law Ruttan

A delicious moist banana bread recipe with coconut stirred into the bread and a sweet and tangy lime glaze over top of the warm baked bread.

5 from 1 vote

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Prep Time 15

Cook Time 1

Total Time 1 15

Course Breakfast, Snack

Cuisine American

Servings

Calories 193 kcal

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Ingredients

2 cups flour
¾ teaspoon baking soda
½ teaspoon salt
1 cup granulated sugar
¼ cup butter , softened
2 large eggs
1½ cups bananas , mashed
¼ cup plain low-fat yogurt
3 tablespoons dark rum
½ teaspoon vanilla extract
½ cup flaked sweetened coconut
1 tablespoon flaked sweetened coconut
½ cup confectioners' sugar
1½ tablespoons lime juice

Instructions

For the bread

Preheat oven to 350°.
In a large mixing bowl, combine the flour, baking soda, and salt, stirring with a whisk to combine.
Using a hand mixer, in a large bowl, mix together the sugar and butter at medium speed until creamy. Add the eggs 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Add the mashed bananas, yogurt, rum, and vanilla, mixing until well blended.
Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and beat at low speed just until moist. Stir in ½ cup coconut. Spoon the batter into a prepared loaf pan coated with cooking spray and sprinkle the top of the batter with 1 tablespoon coconut.
Bake for 1 hour or until a wooden pick inserted in the center of the bread comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes in pan on a wire rack; remove from pan and place on wire rack for glazing.

For the glaze

In a small bowl, using a hand whisk, combine the powdered sugar and juice until smooth. Drizzle the over warm bread. Cool bread completely on wire rack.

Nutrition

Calories: 193kcalCarbohydrates: 34gProtein: 3gFat: 5gSaturated Fat: 3gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 1gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 31mgSodium: 171mgPotassium: 92mgFiber: 1gSugar: 19gVitamin A: 134IUVitamin C: 2mgCalcium: 12mgIron: 1mg

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