Pineapple Banana Bread

With the first snow on the ground I needed to post something a little tropical.

1/2 cup butter
2 eggs
1 cup sugar
1/2 tsp almond or coconut extract
1 tbsp poppyseeds
1 ripe banana, mashed
1/2 cup well chopped fresh pineapple (well drained, reserve juice)
2 tbsps milk
1/2 cup shredded coconut
2 cups flour
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 cup chopped walnuts
1 cup icing sugar
reserved pineapple juice

Cream the butter and sugar together, then add eggs one at a time. Add the extract, poppyseeds, banana, pineapple, milk and coconut. Mix flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt together and incorporate into the wet mixture. Toss walnuts with 1 tbsp flour and fold into the batter.

Line a 9 X 5" loaf pan with parchment paper or grease well and spoon in the batter. 

Bake at 350F for 1 hour AND 20-25 minutes or until a cake tester comes out clean.

Cool then run a knife around the sides and turn out the loaf. Mix enough icing sugar with the reserved juice to be able to drizzle all over the loaf. Sprinkle a few walnuts on top.

Now...pretend it's warm out!