This salted caramel banana bread is the ultimate banana bread. If you are a fan of salted caramel then meet your new favorite banana bread recipe!
This salted caramel banana bread is the ultimate banana bread. If you are a fan of salted caramel, you will love this recipe. It is swirled with caramel sauce and then topped with salted caramel sauce for just the right amount of banana, caramel, and sea salt.
If you love decadent dessert style banana breads then be sure to also check out this butterscotch banana bread and this chocolate cake mix banana bread.
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Why you’ll love this recipe
This banana bread is easy to make and uses simple ingredients. This recipe calls for pre-made caramel sauce to save a little time! Although, you can make your own if you want to.
Ingredients needed
For the banana bread:
- Ripe bananas: Any where from spotty to turning black works.
- All purpose flour: The base of the banana bread batter.
- White sugar and brown sugar: To sweeten the banana bread.
- Baking soda and baking powder: To help the banana bread rise.
- Salt
- Cinnamon and nutmeg: To give the banana bread some spice.
- Vanilla extract
- Butter: I recommend using unsalted butter. Salted butter has more water content and can effect your results.
- Buttermilk: If you don’t have any buttermilk you can easily make some with milk and lemon juice or vinegar. To make one cup of buttermilk, simply add one cup of room temperature milk to two tablespoons of vinegar or lemon juice.
- Eggs: You will need two large eggs for this recipe.
For the topping:
- Caramel sauce
- Sea salt
For this recipe, you need a store bought caramel sauce. I used the type you can use in coffee drinks. For the salt, you will need a quality sea salt. If you’re not a fan of salted caramel, you can skip the sea salt and make this just a caramel drizzled banana bread.
Can I use frozen bananas?
If you have frozen bananas on hand you can totally use them in this recipe. Let them defrost a little so they are easier to mash and then mix in with the batter.
How to make this recipe (step by step guide)
To make this banana bread, begin by gathering and measuring out your ingredients.
To make the banana bread, mix the dry ingredients together in a large mixing bowl. Next add in your wet ingredients except for the caramel sauce. Please make sure you cool your butter a little bit or it will scramble the eggs. Using a hand mixer, mix for about three minutes or until the batter is well mixed and no longer lumpy. Pour the batter into a greased loaf pan. Pour two tablespoons of caramel sauce on top of the batter and then use a butter knife to swirl it in.
Bake your banana bread for 55 to 60 minutes at 350 degrees. A toothpick should come out clean from the middle of your loaf, if not bake it a little longer. Next, pull your loaf of banana bread out of your oven and let it cool for about 15 minutes.
While it is still warm (but has cooled a little), sprinkle the sea salt over your loaf evenly.
Add 2 to 3 tablespoons of caramel sauce over the sea salt and banana bread.
Serve and enjoy. Refrigerate any leftovers.
Can I freeze this banana bread?
I’m a huge fan of making recipes that freeze well but because of the salted caramel sauce this banana bread does not freeze well. You can freeze the banana bread then add the salted caramel later though.
How to store leftovers
You can store this banana bread in an airtight container for 2-3 days in the refrigerator. When you are ready to eat some more banana bread from the fridge, heat it up using a low setting on your microwave to avoid scorching the caramel. Drizzle with some extra caramel sauce and enjoy.
Tips for this recipe
Be sure that you refrigerate any leftovers. You will want to warm up leftovers on low to avoid scorching your caramel sauce.
Other banana bread recipes:
- Cast Iron Skillet Banana Bread
- Butterscotch Banana Bread
- Copycat Starbucks Banana Bread
- Molasses Banana Bread
- Old Fashioned Banana Bread
Salted Caramel Banana Bread
Equipment
- loaf pan
Ingredients
For the banana bread
- 3 ripe bananas mashed with a fork
- ½ cup white sugar
- ⅓ cup brown sugar
- 2 ¼ cups all purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon nutmeg
- 2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 tablespoon caramel syrup
- ½ cup butter melted and cooled
- ¼ cup buttermilk
- 2 eggs beaten
For the salted caramel topping
- 1 teaspoon sea salt
- 2-3 tablespoons caramel sauce
Instructions
- To make the banana bread, mix the dry ingredients together in a large mixing bowl.
- Next add in your wet ingredients except for the caramel sauce. Please make sure you cool your butter a little bit or it will scramble the eggs.
- Using a hand mixer, mix for about three minutes or until the batter is well mixed and no longer lumpy.
- Pour the batter into a greased loaf pan. Pour two tablespoons of caramel sauce on top of the batter and then use a butter knife to swirl it in.
- Bake your banana bread for 55 to 60 minutes at 350 degrees. You will know it is done because a toothpick should come out clean from the middle.
- Next, pull your loaf of banana bread out of your oven and let it cool for about 15 minutes.
- While it is still warm (but has cooled a little), sprinkle the sea salt over your loaf evenly.
- Add 2 to 3 tablespoons of caramel sauce over the sea salt and banana bread.
Diana Aubin says
Do you take the banana bread out of the pan after 15 minutes and then salt and caramel it?
Starr says
Oh my word! Delicious!
Melanie Santos says
I shared this recipe with my daughter in law and she started to crave for it. We made this last night. Hands down the best. We all loved it. Guess what they want again today? 😂
Capri says
The flavors are perfect! Yum!
Debra says
You had me at salted caramel….such a lovely flavor profile. YUM.
Mama Maggie's Kitchen says
Wow! This looks incredibly delicious.