Signature Banana Nut Bread at The Mayflower Hotel
The Mayflower Hotel has been making banana bread since the 1950s and it has become one of the hotel’s signature items, used as a turn down amenity, served in the hotel’s restaurant Edgar, and even as a dessert at many weddings held in the hotel. Fun fact: The Mayflower Hotel uses over 20,000 bananas each year to bake over 10,000 loaves of banana bread. 

Mayflower Banana Nut Bread Recipe 

Ingredients:
6 ounces sugar 
1/5  teaspoons salt
1 ½ ounces pecan pieces
3 ounces butter
6 ounces banana
1 ½ ounces cake flour
1.4 teaspoons baking soda
3 ounces sour cream
1 teaspoons vanilla extract
3 eggs
3 ounces bread flour 

Method:
Cream the butter and sugar. Add the banana and beat in eggs slowly. Add bread flour, cake flour, baking soda and salt.  Mix well. Add sour cream, pecan pieces and vanilla extract. Bake approximately 60 minutes at 350°F. Pull and let rest for about 10 to 15 minutes before removing from the pan and slicing.