Papaya Bread with a Twist

I was trying to use up some papaya and ripe bananas and found a papaya bread recipe that I could easily modify. I loved the idea of adding ginger to give it a bit of a bite. It turned out amazing and I've had several requests for the recipe already! Enjoy. Serve at room temperature or warm with a scoop of vanilla ice cream.

• Preparation Time: 30 mins
• Cooking Time: 50 mins
• Total Time: 1 hr 20 mins
• Calories: 324 Calories

Ingredients

• 1 cup butter
• 1 cup white sugar
• 1 teaspoon ground allspice
• ½ cup chopped walnuts
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• ½ teaspoon baking powder
• 4 eggs
• 1 teaspoon ground ginger
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• ¾ cup raisins
• 1 cup mashed ripe bananas
• 1 cup mashed ripe papaya
• ⅓ cup diced crystallized ginger

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Grease two 5x7-inch loaf pans.

Step 2

Combine butter and sugar in a large bowl; beat with an electric mixer until creamy. Add eggs; beat until lightly fluffy. Beat in bananas, papaya, raisins, walnuts, and crystallized ginger until batter is smooth.

Step 3

Sift flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, allspice, ginger, and baking powder together in a separate bowl. Mix gradually into the batter. Pour batter into the prepared pans.

Step 4

Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 50 minutes. Cool in the pans for 10 minutes. Invert onto a wire rack to cool completely.