Bring the taste of the tropics into your home with this easy, moist & deliciously tropical banana bread. A quick bread filled with island flavors of bananas, rum & coconut.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease & flour 9x5x3-inch loaf pan.
Cream sugar and shortening together. Add eggs, vanilla, rum and yogurt and mix well. Stir in mashed bananas.
Combine all dry ingredients except coconut and nuts. Mix into banana mixture. Fold in coconut and nuts.
Pour mixture into prepared loaf pan.
Bake for 75-85 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Check bread after 30 minutes to make sure top is not getting overly brown. If so, tent it with aluminum foil until done.
Remove from oven, set on rack, and let cool in pan for 10 minutes. Remove from pan and finish cooling on rack.
Notes
Toasted Coconut: Place flaked coconut on a cookie sheet in a single layer. Bake in preheated 325 degree oven for 5-10 minutes, stirring halfway through. Watch carefully as it can burn very quickly.