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Maple Cinnamon Crunchy Banana Loaf

With whipped cinnamon spice butter

❄ Freezer Friendly

14 May 2026

A warmly spiced banana loaf sweetened with maple syrup and crowned with a crunchy cinnamon sugar topping. The real showstopper is the whipped cinnamon spice butter — a lightly spiced, maple-kissed spread that melts into every warm slice. This is the kind of bake that makes a slow morning feel very special.

Ingredients

8 serves

¼ cup sugar
2 tsp cinnamon
4 ripe bananas, mashed
¼ cup butter, melted
¼ cup maple syrup
2 eggs, lightly beaten
½ Tbs vanilla
1½ cups SR flour
½ tsp salt
Cinnamon Crunch Topping
¾ cup brown sugar
1 Tbs plain flour
1 Tbs cinnamon
2 Tbs butter, melted
Whipped Cinnamon Spice Butter
100g butter, softened
2–3 Tbs maple syrup
½ tsp vanilla bean paste
½ tsp cinnamon
¼ tsp nutmeg
⅛ tsp allspice
⅛ tsp ginger
Pinch of salt

Method

1
Preheat oven to 180°C. Grease a 23 x 13cm loaf pan and line with baking paper.
2
Combine the sugar, cinnamon, mashed bananas, melted butter, maple syrup, lightly beaten eggs, and vanilla in a large bowl. Add the SR flour and salt and mix until just combined.
3
Pour the batter into the prepared pan.
4
Make the cinnamon crunch topping: combine the brown sugar, plain flour, cinnamon, and melted butter until crumbly. Scatter evenly over the batter.
5
Bake for 50–60 minutes, or until a skewer inserted into the centre comes out clean. Cover loosely with foil if the topping browns too quickly.
6
Cool in the pan for 10 minutes before turning out.
7
Make the whipped cinnamon spice butter: beat the butter, maple syrup, vanilla bean paste, cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice, ginger, and salt together until light and fluffy. Serve alongside the warm loaf.

Kitchen Notes

The whipped butter can be made ahead and kept in the fridge for up to a week — bring it to room temperature before serving so it spreads beautifully. The loaf freezes well — slice before freezing for easy grab-and-go portions.

What I'd serve with this

With the whipped cinnamon spice butter and a good coffee. This is a slow morning bake — make it when you have time to enjoy it properly.