Carrot Cake Banana Bread

Carrot Cake Banana Bread is the best of both worlds! Super moist, perfectly sweet, and glazed to perfection – you won’t be able to stop at one slice! 

I don’t even remember why I made this Carrot Cake Banana Bread. I’m sure it was because I had overly ripe bananas on the counter that needed to be used up.

This is what I call a recipe mash-up. Kind of like when I made my Banana Bread Brownies.  I love me some banana bread and I’m constantly making different variations!

I swear, I don’t know why I pick up a bunch of bananas every time I visit the grocery store. Especially during the summer months when I have an overwhelming amount of seasonal local produce. Plus, they go from yellow to spotted brown in a single day!

All the more reasons to make use of them in recipes like Banana Cream Pie, Banana Pancakes, and Banana Upside Down Cake!

This is an especially moist banana bread recipe.

Some people like a real dense banana bread. You know the kind. So heavy and thick that a hot cup of coffee is required just to wash it down.

I much prefer a moist banana bread where no beverage is required. I used my base banana bread recipe that has been tested and eaten over and over again and basically added shredded carrots. The carrots only add moisture, texture, and that sweet carrot flavor.

Let’s talk about that glaze:

This glaze is definitely stuck somewhere between a thin glaze, like what you would find on a doughnut, and a frosting. The consistency is pretty much right in the middle. It’s easy to pour on but requires a little help to evenly spread out.

The reason I added the cream cheese glaze was because this quickbread loaf closely resembles carrot cake, and you just can’t have carrot cake without some kind of cream cheese frosting.

Love banana bread recipes?

You’ll definitely want to try these:

• Sour Cream Banana Nut Bread
• Banana Zucchini Bread
• Chocolate Zucchini Bread
• Banana Bread Pudding with Rum Sauce
• Banana Bread Brownies