From Hyacinth, our cook, at Quadrille Villa in Jamaica.
Ingredients
1/2 cup vegetable oil
1 cup brown sugar
2 eggs
2 ripe bananas, sliced
2 cups flour
3 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons vanilla
1 teaspoons rose water (optional-see source below)
1 cup milk
1/2 teaspoon fresh lime zest
Directions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a blender, blend together oil and sugar until smooth. Add in eggs, one egg at a time and blend. Add bananas and blend. Pour mixture into a large bowl. Sift flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt into the banana mixture. Add remaining ingredients and use a hand mixer to mix all together until mixture is well combined. Spoon mixture into a large (9 ½ inch) buttered and floured loaf pan. Bake for about an hour. Carefully remove loaf from pan. Serve warm with butter.
Notes
Rose water is used in a lot of baking in the Caribbean. I found it online at
http://www.thespicehouse.com/spices/rose-water
