Coconut Cream Banana Nut Bread - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup butter or 1/2 cup margarine, softened
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
2 eggs, slightly beaten
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 cup mashed banana
1/2 cup chopped walnuts or 1/2 cup pecans
1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese
1/4 cup packed brown sugar
1 egg
1/2 cup shredded coconut

Preparation

Thoroughly grease the bottoms and sides of 2 loaf pans; set aside.
Combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon and salt; set aside.
Beat butter on high speed for about 30 seconds.
Add 1/2 cup brown sugar, beaten eggs and vanilla; beat until well mixed.
Add flour mixture and banana alternately to beaten mixture; beating on low after each addition.
Stir in nuts.
In a separate bowl, beat cream cheese, 1/4 cup brown sugar and the 1 egg until smooth.
Stir in coconut.
Pour 1/4 of the banana batter into each pan.
Spoon 1/4 of the cream cheese mixture over each loaf.
Marble each by using a spatula to cut cream cheese into the banana batter.
Repeat the 2 layers as above but do not marble them.
Bake in a 350\u00b0F oven for about 50 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
Cool in pans for 10 minutes.
Remove loaves from pans and cool completely.