Ingredients

1/2 cu butter, softened

1 cu sugar

2 eggs

1 t vanila

2 cu flour

1 t baking soda

1/2 t salt

1 cu mashed ripe bananas(about 2 medium)

1 can(11oz) mandarin oranges drained

1 cu flaked coconut

1 cu semisweet chocolate ships

2/3 cu sliced almonds, DIVIDED

1/2 cu chopped maraschino cherries

1/2 cu chopped dates

Preparation

  1. In a mixing bowl, cream butter and sugar. Beat in eggs and vanilla. Combine the flour, baking soda and salt; add to the creamed mixture alternately with bananas. Stir in the oranges, coconut, chocolate chips, 1/2 cu almonds, cherries and dates.

  2. Pour into two greased 8x4x2 loaf pans. Sprinkle with remaining almonds. Bake at 350 for 50-55 min. or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 min before removing from pans to wire racks to cool completely.