As much as I love the dense goodness of banana bread, sometimes I need a different spin on the traditional dessert. Enter Mango Bread! I first tasted this at a restaurant in Nicaragua called Imagine. It uses mango in place of bananas. I hope you enjoy!

{image via Honeysuckle Life}

Mango Bread Recipe
adapted from Banana Bread Cockaigne from Joy of Cooking

Servings: 1 loaf

Ingredients:

• 3 large ripe mangos
• 1 3/4 cups flour
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 2/3 cup sugar
• 1 stick butter, softened
• 1/2 teaspoon lemon juice
• 2 eggs

Directions:

1. Cut the fruit away from the pit of the mango and remove peel. Place fruit in a medium bowl and mash. Set aside.
2. In another bowl, whisk the flour, baking powder and salt together. Set aside.
3. In a large bowl, beat together the sugar, softened butter and lemon juice until creamy.
4. Add the eggs and mango, and beat until combined.
5. Add the flour, 1/3 at a time, and beat until smooth after each addition.
6. Scrape the batter into a greased bread pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 60 minutes.
7. Let cool and then remove from pan. Slice when completely cool and enjoy!

For a truly decadent treat, pan fry a slice of bread in butter. Cook just until each side is brown. Top with vanilla ice cream and drizzle with melted chocolate. Yum!